Intuitive Machines (IM) Mission
Intuitive Machines mission launched, 52 years after the last Apollo lunar mission.
- IM-1 flight – Private mission carrying lander Nova-C (Odysseus) and 6 NASA payloads of instruments
- Launched by – SpaceX
- Significance – Attempt to soft land near Moon’s south pole at Malapert A crater.
- US, Soviet Union, China, India and Japan are the only countries that have carried out successful soft lunar touchdowns.
- Previous unsuccessful private attempts –
- Beresheet (Israel)
- Hakuto-R mission (Japan)
- The Peregrine lander (USA)
Sora – OpenAI
OpenAI unveils new text-to-video generator Sora
- Sora – A new Generative AI (Gen-AI) model
- Developed by – OpenAI
- Significance –
- Convert text prompt into Video.
- Generate videos up to a minute long while maintaining visual quality and adherence to the user’s prompt.
- Added complexity of analyzing moving objects in 3D space.
- Gen-AI – Refers to category of AI algorithms that generate new outputs based on data they have been trained on.
Amphipod
Researchers have discovered a new speciescalled Amphipodin Odisha’s Chilika Lake
- Named as – ‘Parhyale’ odian
- Features –
- Brown colour
- Has 13 pairs of legs out of which the first pair is used for capturing prey.
- Belongs to – Crustacea.
- Crustaceans – Large group of Arthropods which include crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, etc.
- They are invertebrates with a hard exoskeleton and a segmented body that is bilaterally symmetrical
- Mostly free-living freshwater or marine animals, but some are terrestrial (e.g. woodlice).
E- jagriti portal
Artificial Intelligence integration in e-Jagriti portal is expected to help in reduce pending cases in consumer court.
- e-Jagriti portal – Unified platform that caters to the needs of all stakeholders in Consumer Grievance redressal mechanism.
- Designed to – Optimise the existing procedures by minimising redundancy, reducing human interventions, and automating end-to-end workflows.
- Ministry – Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
Cartosat 2
ISRO confirmed successful de-orbiting and atmospheric re-entry of Cartosat-2 at its end-of-life.
- Launched in – 2007
- Significance – Advanced remote sensing satellite capable of providing scene-specific spot imagery.
- De-orbiting of Cartosat-2 – ISRO lowered itsperigee (point in the orbit of a satellite at which it is nearest to the earth) using leftover fuel to comply with international guidelines on space debris mitigation.