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Bengaluru: India would launch its second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, on July 15 from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh and land its rover on the lunar surface on September 6, a top official said on Wednesday. “The 3,890 kg Chandrayaan-2 mission will be launched on board a heavy rocket from our spaceport at Sriharikota on […]

Bengaluru: Embarking on its second voyage to the moon on July 15, an Indian spacecraft and rover would land near the lunar south pole by September 6 or 7, a top official said on Wednesday. “We will launch our second moon mission (Chandrayaan-2) on July 15 at 02:15 a.m., to land by September 6 or7 […]

New Delhi: India is planning to launch its own space station, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan said on Thursday. The ISRO is also planning to launch two other missions – to study the Sun and Venus, he said. The space station, which is estimated to weigh around 20 tonnes, would be an […]

New Delhi: India is to launch Aditya-L1, its first mission to study the sun, in 2020, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan said on Thursday. “The aim of the mission is to keep a permanent eye on the sun without any disturbance. Aditya-L1 is meant to observe the solar corona,” Sivan told media […]

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation has signed a contract with a Russian company for selection support, medical examination and space training of Indian astronauts for the country’s proposed maiden manned space mission ‘Gaganyaan’. The contract was signed by Glavkosmos’ first Deputy Director General Natalia Lokteva and Director of Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) of […]

New Delhi: To tap benefits of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a public sector enterprise, New Space India Limited (NSIL) has been incorporated, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Friday. NSIL’s primary aim will be to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes. “India has emerged as a major space power. Time […]

Chennai: Fuel leakage during propellant filling of the transport rocket, inclement weather, designing the payloads and the spacecraft were some of the challenges provoking anxious moments for the Chandrayaan-1 mission, according to the now retired senior team members of the project. Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first interplanetary mission that was realised in 2008. “It was the […]

Chennai: India’s second moon mission – Chandrayaan-2 – is the country’s first step in robotic space exploration and hence more “complex” and “intricate”, Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) former Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said on Saturday. “Chandrayaan-2, with an Indian Lander-Rover (Vikram-Pragyaan) combine, is India’s first step in robotic space exploration and the mission is on […]

New Delhi: With India postponing the Chandrayaan-2 launch owing to technical snag in the ‘Bahubali’ rocket about an hour before it was to take off on Monday morning, people on social media said it is better late than never. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) called off the launch of Chandrayaan-2 that would send an […]

Sriharikota: There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, goes the proverb and which has proved true for the Indian space agency that had to call off its Rs 978 crore moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2, an hour before the rocket’s flight on Monday due to a technical snag. The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was […]

Pune: At first glance, Walchandnagar in western Maharashtra could pass off as any remote, dusty and depraved village on the country’s rural landscape. But the villages is closely linked to the country’s ambitious space programme. The village’s name is the first give-away. It’s named after the legendary Indian entrepreneur Walchand Hirachand, who laid the foundation […]

ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) has invited applications for the positions of JRF and RA .Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions before the deadline. The last date to apply for the positions is July 30, 2019. ISRO-VSSC Recruitment 2019 Post and Vacancies Junior Research Fellow: 10 Research Associate: 10 Total: 20 […]

Chennai: The Indian space agency may be sending rockets and satellites to various planets but are also guided by their own superstitions and beliefs, said a retired official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). On the home front, ISRO will not start the countdown for a rocket flight at Rahu Kaalam, said the official […]

Chennai: The Indian space agency has done some hard work on the ground so that its moon lander — Vikram — can soft-land safely and rover — Pragyaan — can move around, said a senior retired official. “The surface of the earth and that of the moon are entirely different. So we had to create […]

Chennai: A total of 7,500 persons have registered online with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to watch India’s heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) roaring towards the skies carrying Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft on Monday afternoon, it is learnt. People from various places have registered to witness the launch. “A total of […]