India's space race: From bullock carts to GaganyaanIndependence Day 2025: From humble beginnings in a church to shattering world records, India's space program, fueled by Dr. Sarabhai's visi...
13 Aug, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
India leading most cost-effective, successful space programme in world: PM Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi praised India's progress as a global space power, highlighting achievements under ISRO, including cost-effecti...
27 Apr, 2025, 01.40 PM IST
Aryabhata: How India launched its space dreams from Soviet soil 49 years agoIndia's space journey began on April 19, 1975, with the launch of Aryabhata from the Soviet Union. Built by Indian scientists in 30 months,...
19 Apr, 2025, 12.16 PM IST
Roscosmos chief reveals how Russia is assisting India in Gaganyaan mission“Not only Indian cosmonauts are getting trained in Russia, experts from Moscow's space enterprise are helping develop manned spacecraft and...
12 Mar, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
Inspired by the Sputnik, India's strides in space since SarabhaiIndia has made significant progress in the space domain since launching its first satellite, Aryabhata, in 1975. The purview of the Indian ...
23 Jul, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Google Doodle pays tribute to Udupi Ramachandra Rao, India’s 'Satellite Man’, on his 89th birth anniversaryRao supervised the 1975 launch of India's first-ever satellite called 'Aryabhata'.
10 Mar, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
Russian space body launches manufacturing Indian cosmonauts flight equipment for Gaganyaan missionRussia’s Research, Development & Production Enterprise Zvezda under the contract of Glavkosmos with the Human Spaceflight Centre of the Ind...
07 Sep, 2020, 10.32 PM IST
Training of Indian astronauts in Russia for Mission Gaganyaan on schedule despite CovidThe Indian Embassy in Moscow is closely monitoring progress of astronaut training with the Indian envoy meeting the four astronauts recentl...
17 Aug, 2020, 05.21 PM IST
Top honour for Dr Avinash Chander, former DRDO ChiefDr Avinash Chander, Former Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and ex-DRDO chief, received the prestigious Astronautical Society of Indi...
14 Jul, 2018, 01.56 PM IST
The myth and reality of India's heritageWhile politicians shoot their mouths off, passing off fabulous fiction as pure fact, there are other genuine causes for pride in India's he...
21 Apr, 2018, 11.56 PM IST
Bengaluru gets India's first space technology galleryThe gallery has been curated with smaller replicas of launchpads at the Sriharikota launch complex and demonstrates how rockets are used to...
29 Nov, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
Reminiscences of a legend: Udupi Ramachandra RaoA project director, Rao started from scratch and delivered the Aryabhata satellite in an unbelievable timeline of three years from one of t...
30 Jul, 2017, 09.33 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi condoles demise of renowned scientist U R RaoFormer Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away in Bengaluru today due to age-related ailments.
24 Jul, 2017, 01.47 PM IST
- U.R. Rao: Space scientist par excellence (Obituary)
Bengaluru, July 24 (IANS) Udupi Ramachandra Rao, who passed away here on Monday, was an Indian space scientist par excellence who headed th...
24 Jul, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
- International body inducts renowned space scientist U.R. Rao in Hall of Fame
Bengaluru, Oct 4 (IANS) The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) on Tuesday said renowned space scientist U.R. Rao had been inducte...
04 Oct, 2016, 08.37 PM IST
ISRO Satellite Centre transports ASTROSAT to SriharikotaASTROSAT has been transported to the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh for expected launch in September.
20 Aug, 2015, 04.11 PM IST
We too can carry astronauts to space: Isro chairman K RadhakrishnanHe's busy lining up a series of satellite launches and pressing for government sanction for the prestigious Mars mission late next year.
06 Aug, 2012, 11.15 AM IST