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StratoCat<p>Villagers in Bidar, Karnataka, India, were surprised by the sudden land of a stratospheric balloon amidst homes. </p><p>The device aimed to study the earth's magnetic field, was launched on Friday, January 17th from TIFR's National Balloon Facility in Hyderabad. </p><p><a href="https://www.indiatvnews.com/karnataka/karnataka-scientific-payload-attached-to-balloon-lands-in-tata-bidar-causes-panic-tifr-watch-2025-01-18-971910" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">indiatvnews.com/karnataka/karn</span><span class="invisible">ataka-scientific-payload-attached-to-balloon-lands-in-tata-bidar-causes-panic-tifr-watch-2025-01-18-971910</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIFR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hyderabad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hyderabad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geomagnetism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geomagnetism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stratospheric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stratospheric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Karnataka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Karnataka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hyderabad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hyderabad</span></a></p>
Ohsin<p>Barely know anything about scientific ballooning and associated R&amp;D activities in India. They appear to regularly give presentations on TIFR Balloon Facility but not sure how to access these..</p><p><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022cosp...44.3358B/abstract" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022</span><span class="invisible">cosp...44.3358B/abstract</span></a></p><p><a href="https://app.cospar-assembly.org/2023/browser/presentation/33046" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.cospar-assembly.org/2023/b</span><span class="invisible">rowser/presentation/33046</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ballooning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ballooning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIFR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NearSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NearSpace</span></a></p>
Ohsin<p>Apollo-11 Moon rocks came to India in 1969 and were displayed to public.</p><p><a href="https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/when-the-moon-samples-came-to-india-111644833121282.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lifestyle.livemint.com/news/ta</span><span class="invisible">lking-point/when-the-moon-samples-came-to-india-111644833121282.html</span></a></p><p>But this report suggests Apollo-11 might be errr missing..</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120331162718/http://outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?280382" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2012033116</span><span class="invisible">2718/http://outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?280382</span></a></p><p>National Museum told Outlook they didn't have it but then what is it that on display in previous post?? Bad cataloging?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apollo11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo11</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonRocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISRO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sarabhai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sarabhai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIFR</span></a></p>
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