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Two decades ago, NASA launched Mars Rover Opportunity to search for signs of ancient water on the Red Planet. Today, the full-scale model replica of the Opportunity has landed at the Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technical Museum (VITM) in Bengaluru to inspire the next generation of scientific innovators and space explorers.

Two decades ago, NASA launched Mars Rover Opportunity to search for signs of ancient water on the Red Planet

Explained: The original Foucault's pendulum, named after the 19th-century French scientist Léon Foucault, is a simple experiment aimed at demonstrating the rotation of the Earth

Invented by French physicist Léon Foucault in the mid-19th Century, the pendulum provided the first laboratory demonstration in history to show that the Earth spins on its axis. The pendulum in the new Parliament is meant to symbolise the ‘integration of the idea of India with that of the universe’

Modelled on communication technology, the gallery will be launched on International Museum Day on May 18

On Saturday and Sunday, the event is scheduled to start at 6 pm and includes stargazing, lectures on astronomy and science shows

Activities, lectures and student excursions fill up the day

In December last year, the Tourism department of West Bengal had launched a Kolkata pass called Discover Kolkata in a bid to draw visitors to multiple tourist hotspots in the city

Scientific exhibits from West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Sikkim and Bihar showcased

With an aim to popularise space science among the masses, several shows have been planned