Washington, Sept 25: The IMAX camera will return to space in 2008 aboard the space shuttle for production of a new film during a Hubble service mission.

Bangalore: India is anticipated to launch an advanced satellite with military and other applications by the end of existing fiscal involved a home-grown rocket, which will also place an Israeli satellite into space.

An ISRO official said, “Cartosat-2A is ready for launch.”

The social networking space may see more action in coming days as Software Giant Microsoft Corp is planning to invest in Social networking website Facebook. The company plans to buy up to 5% stake in fast growing online social network with an investment of nearly US $400 million.

Google has also shown interest in buying stake in Facebook, but there has been no official statement regarding the issue. Google also operates a social networking website orkut. Microsoft will get better access to a very huge user base of Facebook after this investment.

MTNL is offering a great package for entry level personal computer in partnership with Chennai based Novatium for just Rs. 4,500. The PC offered by telecom PSU MTNL will be bundled with an internet connection as well.

Hyderabad, Sep 24: The 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) will begin at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre today.

The session of the IAC, with theme "Touching Humanity: Space for Improving quality of life", is being hosted by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Astronautical Society of India (ASI).