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Even before orbiting astronauts on India's first manned mission to the space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will send 'Vyomamitra', a 'lady robot', in unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft. The robot was the centre of attraction at the inaugural session of the "Human Spaceflight and Exploration - Present Challenges and Future Trends" in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Let’s find out more about this woman half-humanoid in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

A Durga Puja pandal in Orderly Bazar of Varanasi is all set to mesmerise the visitors with its ‘Chandrayaan-2’ theme. The pandal, which is around 100-feet in height, was made in two months.

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt surprised many in India when he recently asked NASA astronaut Nick Hague about India's moon mission lander Vikram

As the world is watching Chandrayaan-2, reports claim that the Indian Air Force has selected level-1 candidates for Mission Gaganyaan. Out of the 10 selected astronauts, two are likely to be selected.  

 

This year’s Lalbaugcha Raja is the talk of the town after it is evident that the deity keeps up with the trend. Lalbaugcha Raja makes an entry alongside Chandrayaan-2 and astronauts. 

Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of illegally accessing her estranged wife Summer Worden's private financial records while on International Space Station (ISS) mission. Worden has filed a case with Federal Trade Commission and her family has filed complaint with NASA against McClain
 

The selection process for the astronauts for the space mission would start from February 2020, said Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan Minister for Science and Technology. Pak will use China's satellite launch facilities. 

India and Russia have signed an agreement in relation to Gaganyaan, India’s pet space mission project. As per the agreement, Russia will train three Indian astronauts for the purpose
 

"At President (Donald) Trump's direction, the United States will return to the moon within the next five years, and the first woman and the next man on the moon will be Americans," Pence said, in his address to the Satellite 2019 Conference here

ISRO chief K Sivan on Friday, while talking about Gaganyaan, “The inital training for Gaganyaan will be done in India and advanced training maybe in Russia. Women astronauts will be there on the team. That's our aim” 

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will start working on astronaut Rakesh Sharma's biopic early next year, producer Ronnie Screwvala said.