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The mission countdown will begin during the day as Isro enters the final preparation and testing phase before the passenger launch.

The project is currently in its early phases, and the agency hopes to launch it by 2028, two years faster than previously projected. The solar space station will use solar energy to generate power and microwaves. They may be used to power moving satellites in orbit, as well as to direct energy beams to stationary places on Earth via wireless power transfer.

Under her, the DARPA started work on developing a rapid-response mRNA vaccine platform, which made it possible to manufacture the safest and most effective vaccine in world history in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After blasting off from a pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:43 p.m. EDT (11:13 p.m. IST) on Sunday, the Astra rocket, known as Launch Vehicle 0010 (LV0010), suffered a second-stage failure.

According to a New York Times (NYT) story, Dr. Luis A. Diaz Jr of Memorial Sloan Kettering Malignancy Center stated that he was aware of no previous research in which a treatment entirely eradicated a cancer in every patient.

The key nations that have worked to establish the ILMT are India, Belgium, Canada, Poland, and Uzbekistan. The Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems Corporation and the Centre Spatial de Liège in Belgium developed and built the telescope. The financing, expected to be in the region of Rs 30 to Rs 40 crore, was supplied jointly by Canada and Belgium. This telescope's operations and maintenance will be handled by India.

Google Doodle honours physicist Satyendra Nath Bose who shook up the field of quantum mechanics and revolutionised the world of physics.

According to NASA, the asteroid is 1,608 feet diameter. In comparison, the Empire State Building in New York is 1,454 feet tall. It dwarfs the Statue of Liberty and is larger than the Eiffel Tower. If the space rock collides with Earth, it will do massive destruction.

Although the black hole cannot be seen by itself as it is completely dark, glowing gas around it reveals a telltale signature -- a dark central region surrounded by a bright ring-like structure. 

The STEM Engagement Award in the High School division went to Punjab's Decent Children Model Presidency School. According to a press statement, the team from Vellore Institute of Technology in Tamil Nadu was named the winner of the Social Media Award's College/University section.