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Time of India
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Grand Blue Dreaming season 2: Release date, schedule, streaming details and why this anime's chaos is unmatched
Source: Crunchyroll It's time to get drunk, dive deep, and make absolutely terrible life decisions — Grand Blue Dreaming is officially back with Season 2, and yes, it's just as unhinged as you hoped. Whether you're here for the diving or the debauchery (let's be honest—it's the debauchery), this slice-of-chaotic-life comedy is ready to steal your Mondays. From faceplants to speedos to surprisingly wholesome friendship arcs, Grand Blue Season 2 is already shaping up to be the feel-good disaster of the year. Here's everything you need to know about the Grand Blue Season 2 release date, episode schedule, streaming platform, and what to expect. When is Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 coming out Source: Crunchyroll Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 premiered on July 7, 2025, with new episodes dropping every Monday (technically Sunday midnight JST) on Crunchyroll. If you need to catch up (and you definitely should), Season 1 is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, depending on your region. Weekly episode release schedule Weekly episode release schedule Episode Release Date Episode 1 July 7, 2025 Episode 2 July 14, 2025 Episode 3 July 21, 2025 Episode 4 July 28, 2025 Episode 5 August 4, 2025 Episode 6 August 11, 2025 Episode 7 August 18, 2025 Episode 8 August 25, 2025 Episode 9 September 1, 2025 Episode 10 September 8, 2025 Episode 11 September 15, 2025 Episode 12 September 22, 2025 Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 is expected to follow the same 12-episode format as Season 1. What Grand Blue Dreaming season 2 is about Source: Crunchyroll If you're new here: Grand Blue is an anime about diving—but mostly it's about college life gone completely off the rails. Our boy Iori Kitahara moves to a seaside town to start fresh, only to be pulled into the wild vortex of the college diving club, where beer flows like water, shame doesn't exist, and every episode turns into a chaos Olympics. And yet… somehow it's also wholesome? That's the magic. Underneath the screaming, nudity, and absurd humour lies a surprisingly heartfelt story about friendship, growing up, and finding your place—even if that place is face-down on a tatami mat in your boxers. What's new in Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 Season 2 continues right where the last emotional hangover left off. Expect more beach trips, diving mishaps, sake-fueled nightmares, and over-the-top reactions. Animation studios Zero-G and Liber are back, with Shinji Takamatsu returning as director, so the vibes, energy, and comedic timing are still on point. It's all about escalating the chaos—plus, new characters are expected to shake up the group dynamic (and possibly drink them under the table). The club's dive training arc is also set to go deeper (pun intended), adding more underwater scenes and actual diving facts between breakdowns. Also read| Top 10 anime that'll make you speak Japanese fluently
India.com
26-06-2025
- Science
- India.com
Shubhanshu Shuklas Secret Space Symbol: Joy The Swan Is More Than Just A Toy, Know How
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, broadcasting live from the International Space Station (ISS), today unveiled a special companion on board the Axiom Mission 4: a soft toy swan named "Joy," who turned out to be much more than merely a Zero-G indicator. During a live webcast, Group Captain Shukla, flying Axiom Mission 4, described his experience getting into space. He started his speech with the traditional Indian greeting of "Namaste" before confessing to his pre-launch jitters. As he spoke, the white swan toy floated calmly before him, performing its sole function as a microgravity visual reminder. "We demonstrated to you, Joy and Grace. You understand that this is a swan; it is quite cute-looking, but we have a very significant swan in our Indian culture," Shukla said, holding up the stuffed toy. "The swan is all about wisdom. It also can distinguish… what to concentrate on and what is not." #WATCH | "Namaskar from space! I am thrilled to be here with my fellow astronauts. What a ride it was," says Indian astronaut Group Captain Subhanshu, who is piloting #AxiomMission4, as he gives details about his journey into space. Carrying a soft toy Swan, he says, in Indian… — ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2025 He continued, "So this means a lot more. It's not a Zero-G indicator only. And I think we all carry some symbolism – in Poland, in Hungary, in India too. So I think it appears to be a coincidence but it is not that. It has more significance." Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian Air Force officer, took off on this mission yesterday. Axiom Mission 4 was launched on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 2:31 AM Eastern Time (12 Noon IST) on Wednesday. He is serving in an international crew led by Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut and Axiom Space director of human spaceflight. European Space Agency mission astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary are included in the mission. A Zero-G indicator is an item that is installed within a spacecraft and will start to drift when the vehicle goes into microgravity, providing visual assurance of weightlessness to both the crew and mission control. For "Joy," the swan now has a significant cultural message in addition to its functional purpose, representing India's presence and wisdom within the orbital station.
Time of India
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Why do astronauts take soft toys to space? Shubhanshu Shukla carries swan 'Joy'. A look at their companions from past missions
During a live broadcast from space, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla introduced 'Joy,' a soft swan toy floating beside him aboard the ISS. Serving as a Zero-G indicator, the swan also holds deep cultural symbolism. Shukla's gesture joins a long tradition of astronauts bringing symbolic or whimsical toys into orbit, blending science, education, and emotional connection. As soft toy swan 'Joy' floated towards astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla during alive stream from space, it joined the long legacy of Zero-G soft toy indicators. From Olaf, to Red from Angry Birds and Buzz Lightyear from Toys. (Images: X/ ISRO Spaceflight , NASA) Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads A Long Legacy of Floating Companions Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads SpaceX Zero-G indicators, sparkly dinosaur called Tremor and penguin named GuinGuin. (Images: NASA) Not Just Toys, but Symbols When Indian astronaut c greeted the world from space with a namaste and a floating soft toy swan named Joy, it was far more than just a cute interlude. 'It looks really cute, but we have a very important swan in Indian culture,' said Shukla in his live broadcast from the International Space Station as part of the Axiom Mission 4 . 'The swan symbolises wisdom. It also has the ability to discern… what needs to be focused on and what does not,' he explained, making it clear that Joy was not merely an ornamental object but a deeply symbolic was officially serving as a Zero-G indicator , a now-iconic tradition aboard spaceflights to demonstrate when the spacecraft enters microgravity . These toys, typically suspended near the crew, begin to float as soon as zero gravity kicks in, offering a visual cue that the spacecraft has entered aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from NASA 's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, Shukla's mission is the fourth under private space company Axiom's banner. But while the mission represents a milestone for private spaceflight and international collaboration, it's the swan that has won hearts on Joy joins a legacy of adorable, meaningful, and sometimes pop-culture-driven soft toys that have soared into the cosmos with astronauts. According to the Copernicus Science Centre, this tradition goes back as far as Yuri Gagarin's pioneering flight. The first human in space brought along a small doll, beginning a whimsical yet meaningful ritual that continues 2012, the 'Angry Red Bird' plush from the mobile game Angry Birds was part of a mission to explain physics in space. Olaf from Frozen made it aboard the Soyuz TMA-15M in 2014, courtesy of cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov fulfilling a promise to his Lightyear, the Toy Story astronaut action figure, travelled aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and remained on the ISS for 15 months. And in recent years, SpaceX has taken the tradition mainstream with Zero-G indicators like a plush Baby Yoda, a penguin named GuinGuin, and a sparkly dinosaur called aren't just passengers for show. As NASA's 2004 'Toys in Space' initiative highlighted, these objects serve as engaging tools to demonstrate how motion, gravity, and physics work differently in microgravity. Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa even built a LEGO model of the ISS while aboard it, bringing childhood pastimes into orbit for educational and scientific choice of a swan connects these floating companions to cultural identity and heritage. While Olaf or Baby Yoda draw on global media icons, Joy represents something uniquely Indian—a cultural motif steeped in ancient philosophy and national symbolism.'We all have some symbolism—in Poland, in Hungary, in India,' Shukla said in his broadcast. 'It looks like a coincidence but it's not. It has more meaning.'As astronauts continue to push the boundaries of exploration, their Zero-G companions reflect both scientific curiosity and emotional grounding. In Joy, Shubhanshu Shukla has carried not just a symbol of gravity lost, but of wisdom held close.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Brunswick teacher takes student experiments on Zero-G flight
May 27—Middle schoolers at St. John's Catholic School in Brunswick watched their teacher — and their own experiments — soar aboard a zero-gravity flight earlier this month. Science teacher Karin Paquin was one of eight teachers chosen to fly on a Zero-G plane with the Space for Teachers Embedded Teachers Program. Her most recent flight — which took off from Salina, Kansas, on May 7 — comes amid ongoing efforts to expand space education at the Brunswick Catholic school. Paquin's eighth-grade students worked with the Romero-Calvo Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology to design a "passive phase separation experiment," which tests how air and water separate in microgravity, according to a news release from the school. Her seventh graders sent up a CubeSat — a small satellite — to investigate the effects of microgravity on ambient sound to understand whether researchers aboard Zero-G flights should wear hearing protection. "It was very difficult, but it was worth the long hours of brainstorming, building, testing, modifying and retesting," eighth grader Joseph Stratman said. "Knowing it really worked and could impact microfluids in space makes every minute worth it." Zero-G planes, or reduced-gravity aircraft, simulate the feeling of weightlessness by flying in a parabolic pattern. Such flights are used for astronaut training, research and tourism. Paquin rode alongside other teachers, high school students and retired NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, who flew twice on the Space Shuttle Columbia and spent nearly six months living on the International Space Station. "When I think back on this past year working with Space for Teachers, my students and some incredible collaborators at Georgia Tech, one word comes to mind: transformation," Paquin said. "Throughout the year, my students were challenged in ways they never expected — especially at the middle-school level. But every step of the way, I believed in them. And behind the scenes, supporting me, were the incredible mentors at Space for Teachers who believed in me." This wasn't Paquin's first experience in microgravity; she also flew with students' experiments on a Zero-G flight in 2022 as a part of the Teachers in Space Human Flight Program. "All of a sudden, you just feel weightless," Paquin recalled in an April interview with The Times Record. Students got to watch Paquin from the Zero-G hangar and onboard the aircraft via livestream on May 7. Paquin's science classes over the years have had several experiments onboard space flights, thanks to organizations like Space for Teachers and Teachers in Space. Just last month, another CubeSat designed by St. John's students flew aboard the all-female Blue Origin rocket flight. The St. John's "Launch Lab" allows students to "engage in high-level science with real-world applications," the school said. "The most amazing thing about this program is that not only were my students learning, but so was I," Paquin said. "I was growing into a better teacher, a stronger colleague and a more reflective person because of the opportunities Space for Teachers provided." Copy the Story Link
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Brunswick students sent scientific instrument into space on Blue Origin
Apr. 21—A little piece of Brunswick entered space last week onboard the all-female Blue Origin rocket flight. Partnering with nonprofit Teachers in Space, Karin Paquin's middle school students at St. John's Catholic School designed an experiment that flew on the New Shepherd rocket during the historic launch on April 14. The CubeSat, a type of small satellite, flew with other experiments — including many designed by students — in the payload of the rocket. It had also been on an unmanned flight leading up to the one captained by Lauren Sanchez. Students proposed hypotheses and schematics and selected sensors for the CubeSat. Their experiment measured temperature, UV radiation and other environmental conditions in the cabin as the rocket launched into suborbital space. Fiona Sharp, now a freshman at Brunswick High School, helped design the Blue Origin CubeSat last year when she was in eighth grade at St. John's. She programmed sensors that went into the Blue Origin experiment, including one that measured radiation. "There's really no words to describe it; it was just surreal," Sharp said. "It's crazy to see something that you touched with your own hands and put so much time into fly." St. John's students watched the launch live at school last week. "It was really really cool having something that kids we knew built, and it was on a flight with all of these influential women," said seventh grader Aria Golletti, who didn't work on the Blue Origin experiment but is working on St. John's next space project now. The hands-on experience shows students that "everyone can do science," Paquin said. It was possible through a grant Blue Origin provided to Teachers in Space, she added. "Companies like (Blue Origin) make experiences for my students possible, because this is not something that a teacher or a small school could afford, so that's pretty exciting — companies that put education first, knowing eventually, we're going to have to fill positions," Paquin said. "And so how do you get kids started?" Sharp said her experience in Paquin's class helped solidify her love for science, and taught her the importance of trial and error. "Just because you don't get the results you want back the fist time, you should keep experimenting and maybe try something else," Sharp said. Paquin's science classes over the years have had several experiments onboard space flights. She said that the Maine Space Grant Consortium, Teachers in Space and Space for Teachers have been invaluable resources in helping bring space education to Brunswick and beyond. Work from students at St. John's will also be on board a Zero-G flight in May, on which Paquin will be a passenger. "The coding was tough," said seventh grader Jesse Davis, who worked on the upcoming experiment. "I was not totally sure what I was doing, but with lots of help, I got through." Zero-G planes, or reduced gravity aircrafts, simulate the feeling of weightlessness and are used for astronaut training, research flights and tourism. Paquin went on one such research flight two years ago. "All of a sudden, you just feel weightless," Paquin said about her experience. Some former students have taken their research even further by competing in the University of Southern Maine CubeSat Design Competition. St. John's students Wesley Agnor and Gabriel Grondin placed first in the competition's middle school category last year. Paquin will also lead workshops this summer on space education at the CS Summer of Fun conference in Bangor. Copy the Story Link
