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Launch Vehicle A launch vehicle, commonly known as a rocket, is the powerful vehicle that carries a spacecraft from Earth into space. Its primary job is to generate enough thrust to overcome Earth’s gravity and place the mission on the correct path. Once it has completed this task, the rocket’s role ends. What does it...

In low Earth orbit can be found the International Space Station — a large laboratory where astronauts from different countries live and work together while circling Earth every 90 minutes. What began as a project involving the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada is today a strong symbol of cooperation among countries for the...

By way of our sharp fascination towards a spaceflight event when it happens, we tend to forget reading into the entire process that led to that moment. Process, in today’s ‘all-instant’ era, seems to lose value unless you are part of it. Going to space in a rocket and coming back sounds simply doable but...

A canvas of stars Some of the greatest works of art can be found in museums and galleries. But little do many know, the greatest piece of artwork can be found on the universe’s largest canvas: The night sky! It can be collectively agreed upon that the night sky is a mere window to the...

The most significant factor which decides your height is genes — the basic and functional unit of heredity itself. They play an important role in determining physical traits, i.e., whether you have curly or straight hair, long or short legs, or even what your smile might look like. Scientists have identified over 700 different genetic...

The margay is a small wild cat native to South America. A few years back, biologists noticed a strange behaviour being displayed by this tree-dwelling animal. They found out the feline was imitating the call of a baby monkey. They conducted some studies and found out that the margay’s imitation game was a clever ploy...

Heatstroke is an important condition to know about that can happen when your body overheats and can’t cool down. Also Read | Is heatwave really a wave of heat? What is heatstroke Heatstroke occurs when the body overheats to an extreme level, leading to a malfunction in its cooling system. Unlike heat exhaustion, which is...

A condition which affects not just humans, but also animals and plants, albinism is a result of little or no production of melanin, a natural pigment responsible for determining the colour of human skin, hair, and eyes. Let’s explore… Understanding the biology On average, one in 17,000 people is affected by albinism worldwide. This often...

Slowing down feels countercultural in a world that’s always telling teens to do more, buy more, keep up more. The feed never stops, the trends never wait, and somehow there’s always something new you’re supposed to want. So what if the most radical thing you could do right now… was just slow down? Slow consumption....