ISRO/ SPACE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN FEBRUARY 2024

WORLD SPACE - 

* Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononeko Has Set A Record By Most Time Spent On Space Almost 2.5 Years 

* US Space Agency NASA Has Discovered a Super Earth a Planet Capable Of Supporting Life Situated 137 Light Years Away. ( Planet Named - TOI-715b) 

*  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Has Successfully Launched H3 Rocket For The First Time. 

* A spacecraft Built And Flown By Texas Based Company Intuitive Machines Landed Near South Pole Of Moon.

MOU SIGNED - 

*  Telengana State Aviation Academy Signed An MoU With National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) Of ISRO To Provide Advanced Training Drone Pilots.

* Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Signed MoU With Canada Based QSTC Inc To Provide End To End Solution In Space Domain.

AWARDS - 

*  ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath Has Received The KPP Nambiar Award From IEEE Kerala.

*  ISRO Has Initiated Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (Young Scientist Programme) 2024.

*  ISRO Successfully Launched The INSAT 3DS Meteorological Satellite Onboard A Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle F14 (GSLV-F14) From Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

INAUGURATION- 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The PLV Integration Facility (PIF) At Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

* Also Inaugurate The Semi Cyrogenics Integrated Engine AND Stage Test Facility AT ISRO Propulsion Complex At Mahendragiri.

* Inaugurated Trisonic Wind Tunnel At VSSC.

* Four Indians Selected For Indias Gaganyaan Mission.

*) Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair 

*) Group Captain Ajit Krishnan 

*) Group Captain Angad Pratap 

*) wing Commander Subhanshu Shukla 

8) ISRO Given New Name To India Reusable Launch Vehicle Tech Demonstrater Is PUSHPAK.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone For ISRO's 2nd Space Port In Kulasekarpattinam, Tamilnadu.

SUMMIT - 

* Chief Of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan Inaugurated The DEFSAT a Three Days Space Seminar And Exhibition At The Manekshaw Center, New Delhi.

* The Institute Of Astrophysics Will Celebrate National Science Day As IIA Open Day On 25th February.