China to launch worlds first mining robot into space:
Origin Space, a space start-up in China, has announced that it is to send out the world`s first mining robot into space. The robot has been designed in a way to identify and extract resources.
Highlights:
♦ The robot is termed an Asteroid Mining robot.
♦ The robot will be launched into space by a Chinese Long March series rocket.
♦ The mission aims to assess the capabilities of the asteroid mining robot and to find out how well it can identify and extract valuable resources through asteroid mining.
♦ The mission will demonstrate and verify multiple functions like simulated small celestial body capture, spacecraft orbital manoeuvre, intelligent spacecraft identification and control.
###DRDO successfully test-fired Shaurya missile:
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired `Shaurya missile`, a new version of nuclear-capable off the coast of Odisha on 3 October 2020.
Highlights:
♦ Shaurya missile of the nuclear-capable missile will be inducted in the strategic forces and is being claimed to complement the existing missiles in the same class.
♦ This missile is lighter and easier to operate as compared to the existing ones.
♦ In its last phase, when the missile moves close to its target, it moves at hypersonic speeds.
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