Space mission

Attending the convocation at IIT Bhubaneshwar, Isro chief K Sivan said, “By December 2020, we will have our first unmanned mission of human space plane. The second unmanned human space plane, we target for July 2021.” read more

The orbiter will, however, continue to revolve around the moon and collect significant scientific information on the lunar terrain, elements present on the moon, and the exosphere, the thin layer of atmosphere around the moon. read more

The New York Times lauded India’s “engineering prowess and decades of space development”. read more

President Ram Nath Kovind congratulated Isro’s Chandrayaan 2 mission team for showing exemplary courage read more

Chandrayaan 2: According to an ISRO official, the monitoring of Chandrayaan-2 was round-the-clock and officials were anxious to see that the spacecraft was on course to the moon. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has used the annual event to announce his government’s programmes like ‘Swachh Bharat’, ‘Ayushman Bharat’ and India’s first manned space mission, and also to present a report card on its performance to highlight how the country... read more

Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science and Technology, said the selection process of the astronaut for the space mission would start from February 2020. read more

Isro is already working towards its next milestone in the first half of 2020: a solar mission called Aditya L1 to study the external layers of the sun. The Prime Minister has announced a manned space mission by 2022 read more

The Chandrayaan-2 will now spend six additional days in Earth’s orbit and 15 fewer days around the moon before it lands on the day that was originally planned, Isro scientists have said. read more

The trip also included an interaction with an eminent astronaut who had been a part of various space missions read more

The radio telescopes, to be planted on the far side of the moon, are among a plethora of projects underway by the U.S. space agency, private companies and other nations that will transform the moonscape in the coming decade. read more

The radio telescopes, to be planted on the far side of the moon, are among a plethora of projects underway by the US space agency, private companies and other nations that will transform the moonscape in the coming decade. read more

Upcoming Indian films on scientists and important science missions are certainly a novel tribute to the unsung heroes. read more

Chandrayaan 2 Launch highlights: The launch of Chandrayaan-2, which was due for launch at 02:51 am by ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle -- Mark III, was called off owing to a technical snag. read more

Chandrayaan 2 Launch 2019: To facilitate viewing of the launch, the ISRO inaugurated a viewing gallery at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. read more