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Isro honoured with Aviation Week Laureates Award for Chandrayaan-3; IAU recognises India’s moon landing site as ‘Shiv Shakti’ Point

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NEW DELHI: The country’s elite space agency Isro has been honoured with the prestigious US’s Aviation Week Laureates Award for its remarkable achievements in the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made India the first country in the world to land on the Moon’s virgin south pole on Aug 23 last year. In another accolade for the space … Read more

Asteroid named after Indian astrophysicist Prof Jayant Murthy

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BENGALURU: The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, Friday said that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid after renowned Indian astrophysicist Prof Jayant Murthy in recognition of his pioneering work in ultraviolet astronomy and space missions.The asteroid, previously known as “2005 EX296”, has now been designated as “(215884) Jayantmurthy” by the IAU’s … Read more