Tag Archives: space journalism

A spaceflight narrative unstuck

Posted on August 11, 2024 by

“First, a clarification: Unlike in Gravity, the 2013 film about two astronauts left adrift after space debris damages their shuttle, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are not stuck in space.” This is the first line of an Indian Express editorial … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged Arrival, Barry Wilmore, Boeing Starliner, Columbia disaster, Gaganyaan, Indian Space Research Organisation, International Space Station, NASA, space journalism, Sunita Williams | Comments Off

Being on the NSI podcast

Posted on January 18, 2020 by

Narayan Prasad, the CEO of SatSearch, hosts a popular podcast called NewSpace India. Every episode, he hosts one person and they talk about something related to the Indian and international space programmes. I was the guest for the episode published … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged Chandrayaan 2, Indian Space Research Organisation, Jonathan McDowell, NewSpace India, podcast, SatSearch, space journalism, TS Kelso, two-line element set | Comments Off

An award that isn’t

Posted on July 24, 2019 by

ISRO just put out a call for a one-time space journalism award, named for Vikram Sarabhai, with a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. Here’s the doc with all the details. Pay attention to (4), where it says submissions will … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged Akshay Kumar, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Jaggi Vasudev, Mission Mangal, science journalism, space journalism, Vikram Sarabhai | Comments Off