🟢 SPACE IN NEWS

🔶 India’s Space Developments
- PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for ISRO’s second spaceport in Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The first spaceport, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, is located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
- PM Modi announced plans for India’s own Space Station by 2035.
- ISRO successfully launched the Aditya L1 mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
- ISRO will launch "Vyommitra," a female robot, into space before astronauts in the Gaganyaan mission.
- ISRO partnered with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) to launch the innovative “Space on Wheels” program.
- ISRO launched PSLV-C58/XPoSat, India’s first X-ray Polarimeter Satellite, to study black holes and neutron stars.
- ISRO is set to launch the "XPoSat" satellite to explore the polarization of powerful X-ray sources.
- ISRO launched the “Young Scientist Programme” (YUVIKA) to encourage children and youth towards space science.
- ISRO developed "PraVaHa," software for aerodynamic design and analysis.
- ISRO’s joint mission with France, "Trishna," aims to provide unprecedented climate data.
- ISRO successfully tested "Nabhmitra," a device developed for fishermen’s safety, in Neendakara.
- India became the first country to land on the Moon’s South Pole.

🔶Private Indian Aerospace Initiatives
- Skyroot Aerospace unveiled its first commercial rocket, "Vikram 1."
- Agnikul Cosmos successfully launched its first rocket, Agnibaan SOrTeD (Suborbital Technological Demonstrator), from a private launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Agnibaan SOrTeD is India’s first semi-cryogenic engine flight and the world’s first rocket with a single-piece, 3D-printed engine, designed and built indigenously.
- Indian astronauts selected for the Gaganyaan mission include Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla.
- Pilot Gopichand Thotakura will become the first Indian to travel to space as a tourist, joining the crew of Blue Origin’s New Shephard-25 (NS-25) mission.

🔶Global Space News
- NASA launched the "Psyche" mission to study a metal-rich asteroid located between Mars and Jupiter.
- NASA selected SpaceX to decommission the International Space Station.
- SpaceX launched the "Bandwagon-1," the first rideshare mission to low-Earth orbit, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
- NASA is developing "Project FLOAT," the first railway system on the Moon for autonomous payload transport.
- Dr. Akshata Krishnamurthy became the first Indian woman to operate a rover on Mars with NASA.

🔶China’s Space Advances
- China launched the Yaogan-33 04 remote-sensing satellite from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March-4C rocket.
- OrienSpace launched its maiden rocket, "Gravity-1."
- China launched the world's first methane-powered rocket, "Zhuque 2."
- China is preparing to launch the Chang'e-6 lunar probe to gather soil and rock samples from the far side of the Moon.
- China retrieved rocks from the Moon’s far side, becoming the first country to do so.
- China approved the world’s first passenger-carrying flying taxi, "Ehang’s EH216-S."

🔶Other International Space News
- Iran launched the Noor 3 satellite into orbit.
- Japan successfully launched the "Moon Sniper" lunar exploration spacecraft using the H-IIA rocket.
- Japan also launched the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) satellite and the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) from the Tanegashima Space Center.
- Japan and the U.S. plan to launch the world’s first wooden satellite, "LignoSat," in 2024, made from biodegradable magnolia wood.
- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko became the first person to spend 1,000 days in space.
- South Korea launched its space agency, Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), to lead its aerospace sector.

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