Meet Indian-origin scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan, the first Indian American named for the National Academy of Engineering’s Arthur M. Bueche Award

He is the first Indian American to receive the Arthur M. Bueche Award in its more than 40-year history In 1969, eight-year-old Sethuraman Panchanathan stood in a queue outside the American Center in Chennai with his father and hundreds of others. They had come to see rocks brought back from the Moon during the Apollo […]

US to establish first space academy, expand “far beyond the Moon”

The proposed ‘US Space Academy’ intends to strengthen the nation’s space workforce and develop the next generation of space leaders (Photo: Nasa). US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to establish the country’s first space academy and interacted with astronauts stationed at the International Space Station, during a visit to Nasa’s Mission […]