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ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organization) Vikram lander, with a NASA retroreflector on it, touched down on the Moon on August 23, 2023. The camera aboard NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) took this picture four days later. The lander is in the center of the image, its dark shadow visible against the bright halo around it. The halo formed after rocket plume interacted with the fine-grained regolith (similar to soil) on the Moon’s surface. The image shows an area that’s 1 mile, or 1.7 kilometers, wide. Credit:…

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 had surprise rendezvous and conducted a successful experiment. The LRO successfully pinpointed the location of the Vikram lander on the lunar surface through a laser experiment…

For the first time on the Moon, a laser beam was transmitted and reflected between an orbiting NASA spacecraft and an Oreo-sized device on the Indian Space Research Organisation's Vikram lander of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, the space agencies said in separate statements. The successful experiment opens the door to a new style of precisely locating targets on the Moon’s surface, the American space agency said. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of…

The ISRO said on Friday that an instrument on the Chandrayaan-3 lander has started serving as a location marker near the lunar south pole. Chandrayaan-3's Vikram module had touched down on the Moon on August 23, 2023. What this experiment could mean? According to the NASA, this successful experiment "opens the door to a new style of precisely locating targets on the Moon’s surface". The US space agency informed that tracking the location of Earth-orbiting…

The Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA), representing private equity and venture capital funds, is seeking government help post RBI’s restrictions on alternative investment funds. This and more in the last edition of ETtech Top 5 for 2023! Thanks for reading us every PM.Also in this letter:■ Kitchens@ bags $65 million funding■ ETtech Deals Digest■ Ajio to become profitable this monthProgramming note: ETtech’s newsletter team will be off starting December 23. We will be back with a brand new edition of…

The crisis at Byju’s is experienced first-hand by its employees, who now stare at an uncertain future as their employer battles one problem after the other. Indeed, Byju’s blast radius may singe other businesses, like digital lending. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Startups in the creator economy space struggle to survive■ Sneaker reselling platform Mainstreet Marketplace raises $2 million■ Bribes-for-jobs scandal at TCS ‘tip of the iceberg’Byju's crisis plays up digital lenders’…

Taiwanese contract manufacturing firm Foxconn has started reaching out to large Indian business houses as it seeks to partner with them to further its semiconductor manufacturing ambitions in the country, multiple sources told ET. The year-old joint-venture (JV) that Foxconn had formed with billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group to set up a semiconductor fabrication unit at Dholera in Gujarat may be on the rocks as differences have appeared between the two partners, the sources added.“There are differences between the…

Troubles seem to be mounting for beleaguered ZestMoney as lenders pull back credit lines, a day after its founders left the company after a failed PhonePe acquisition. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Senior Flipkart exec Prakash Sikaria to start new venture within group■ Zomato launches own UPI offering, Flipkart to follow suit■ Swiggy’s valuation slashed by 34% to $7.1 billion Lending taps starting to dry up for crisis-hit ZestMoney Hi, this is Pratik Bhakta in Bengaluru. Today, we…

Julian Sands: Who is the Hollywood British actor missing in California?Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeUS federal and state agencies have joined the search operation for British actor Julian Sands who remains missing for eight days now. The search has been ramped up as the officials are using mobile phone forensics to help pinpoint the location of the actor.Sands, 65, was reported missing on 13 January in the…