ISRO to undertake 2 unmanned missions, send robot in Gaganyaan spacecraft, says space agency chief

K Sivan said the Gaganyaan mission, or the human space flight, will ensure continuous Indian presence in space in the future.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 22, 2020 · 06:26 pm

ISRO’s communication satellite GSAT-30 successfully launched from French Guiana

The 3,357-kg satellite will replace INSAT-4A, which was launched in 2005.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 17, 2020 · 09:59 am

We have company: Scientists have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet that may be habitable

The study of exoplanets – planets that orbit other stars – is currently in a transitional phase.

Ravi Kumar Kopparapu, The Conversation

· Jan 10, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Chandrayaan-3 approved by Centre, project is going on, says ISRO chief K Sivan

Sivan said the third lunar mission’s configuration would be similar to Chandrayaan-2 with a lander, rover and an orbiter being part of the spacecraft.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 01, 2020 · 12:45 pm

ISRO launches surveillance satellite RISAT-2BR1

Nine other foreign commercial satellites were also launched on board the PLSV-C48 to mark its 50th mission.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 11, 2019 · 05:58 pm

‘Our orbiter had already located Chandrayaan-2’s lander,’ ISRO chief says after NASA announcement

NASA had credited Indian engineer Shanmuga Subramanian for first finding the debris from the lander Vikram.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 04, 2019 · 11:25 am

‘Got good response from NASA’: Chennai engineer credited for finding Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram debris

Shanmuga Subramanian told NDTV that the US space agency’s inability to find the lander on its own had sparked his interest.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 03, 2019 · 12:36 pm

Chandrayaan-2: NASA finds debris of lander Vikram on moon surface

It posted images that show the site of impact and the associated debris field.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 03, 2019 · 07:52 am

Chandrayaan-2: Vikram hard-landed within 500 metres of target site, says Centre

This is consistent with the findings of the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 21, 2019 · 08:29 am

No evidence of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander in latest fly-by, says NASA

A scientist with the American space agency said their camera team also tried a detention technique to locate the Vikram lander.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 23, 2019 · 04:33 pm

Watch: NASA astronauts conduct first all-women spacewalk, create history

The mission, expected to last nearly five hours, came seven months after a failed first attempt.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 18, 2019 · 10:43 pm

Chandrayaan-2: ISRO releases first illuminated image of lunar surface taken by spacecraft

The space agency said it had started spectroscopic studies of the surface.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 17, 2019 · 10:44 pm