Happy Birthday! Rakesh Sharma

128th but the first Indian in space

Rakesh Sharma, the man who spread inspiration and patriotism in the minds of million Indians, born today in 1949, in Patiala, Punjab, India. At the age of 18, he became a cadet in Indian Air Force in 1966 and then admitted in National Defence Academy, in the same year. In…

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Chinas probe

The Dark Side Endeavor

China’s probe sheds light on the dark side of the Moon The Chang’e – 4, China’s lunar probe, made the successful “soft-landing” yesterday, on the dark-side (far-side) of the Moon, the China National Space Administration said. They celebrated this event as the historic first and as a major achievement for…

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