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Forges: Google doodle celebrates 80th birthday of Spanish cartoonist, author and film director ‘Antonio Fraguas de Pablo’

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Today’s Doodle honours Antonio Fraguas de Pablo–better known by his pen name Forges–a Spanish cartoonist, author, television writer, and film director who is widely regarded as one of the country’s…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022: Google doodle honours American civil rights leader

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Today’s Doodle honours Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and is illustrated by Olivia Fields, a guest artist from Brooklyn, New York. This federal holiday in the United States honours…

SpaceX successfully launches its third dedicated smallsat rideshare mission

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

On Jan. 13, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched more than 100 smallsats into orbit, accelerating the company’s dedicated rideshare missions. At 10:25 a.m. Eastern, the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off…

NASA is developing the SLS megarockets for crewed moon missions

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

The massive rockets that will transport NASA astronauts to the moon in a few years are starting to take shape. NASA officials said in a brief status update provided on…

South Korea says, North Korea launches ‘unidentified projectile’

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

The Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea announced Tuesday that North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into the sea off its east coast, which they believe was a ballistic…

Stephen Hawking: Google doodle celebrates 80th birthday of English cosmologist, author, and theoretical physicist

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Today’s video Doodle honours English cosmologist, author, and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, one of history’s most significant scientific minds. His theories on the origins and mechanics of the universe revolutionised…

In space, the Webb telescope successfully unfurls its tennis court-size sunshield

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

The world’s most powerful space telescope is keeping its cool in orbit. On Tuesday, the James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched on Christmas Day, successfully deployed its 70-foot (21-meter)…

Here’s everything you can do on New Year’s Eve in 2022

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Priyanka Patil |

It’s that time of year again, when everyone say our goodbyes to the previous year and embrace the new year with open arms, hope, and the determination to achieve our…

Google doodle celebrates ‘New Year’s Eve 2021’ with animated candy, confetti and lights

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Priyanka Patil |

This year, Google, a search engine based in the United States, has opted to go all out with its New Year doodle. As the year 2021 draws to a close,…

NASA assigns two astronauts to the SpaceX Crew-6 mission, which is set to launch in 2023

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Priyanka Patil |

The first two seats on SpaceX’s sixth full-fledged NASA crew mission have been filled. According to a NASA statement released Dec. 16, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will…