Chandrayaan-3: Key things to know about India's historic Moon missionMore than national pride was on the line when Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft touched down on the surface of the Moon on Wednesday after its 41-da...
24 Aug, 2023, 10.18 AM IST
BJP chief Nadda praises scientists' immense abilities, PM Modi's tireless efforts for moon mission successNoting the push the Modi government has given to India's space sector, Nadda said 47 of the total 89 satellite launch missions of ISRO happ...
23 Aug, 2023, 10.02 PM IST
ISRO scientist from Firozabad plays vital role in Chandrayaan 3 missionFirozabad's Tikri village is basking in pride and joy as local resident Dharmendra Pratap Yadav, an accomplished ISRO scientist, assumes a ...
23 Aug, 2023, 09.23 AM IST
India's Mars orbiter craft completes eight years in orbitThe Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) -- a technology demonstration venture -- is the maiden interplanetary mission of the national space agency, ...
26 Sep, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
Envisaged for a year, Chandrayaan-2 orbiter likely to last for 7 yearsIn a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha on India's second lunar mission, Jitendra Singh, the minister of state in the Prime Mi...
17 Mar, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
Mangalyaan-2 will be an orbiter mission: ISRO chief K SivanAfter its successful Mars Orbiter Mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) called for 'Announcement of Opportunities' on Mars...
19 Feb, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
Planned for six months, India's Mars mission Mangalyaan completes five yearsThe Mars orbiter has sent thousands of pictures totalling two terabytes, an Indian Space Research Organisation (IRSO) official explained.
25 Sep, 2019, 12.40 PM IST
Mood at ISRO: "Let's pray for the successful soft-landing"Nervous and anxious for sure but the city-headquartered space agency is cautiously optimistic.
05 Sep, 2019, 02.16 PM IST
"Nail-biting", scientist recalls Chandrayaan-1 launch momentChandrayaan-1 scripted history by making more than 3,400 orbits around the Moon and was operational for 312 days till August 29, 2009.
05 Sep, 2019, 01.47 PM IST
After Israel's failed Moon mission, ISRO treads cautious path; postpones Chandrayaan launch to JulyChandrayaan-2 was scheduled to be launched in April last year, but it was postponed to October after ISRO lost contact with GSAT-6A in Marc...
25 Apr, 2019, 09.21 PM IST
ISRO to send Indian into space by 2022State-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will fly an Indian astronaut into space for the first time by 2022, an official said on...
15 Aug, 2018, 02.08 PM IST
Chandrayaan-2 launch postponed againUnlike the Chandrayaan-1 programme in 2008 that involved only orbiting around the moon, Chandrayaan-2 is a much complicated mission as it i...
05 Aug, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
ISRO realigns orbit of Mars mission spacecraft 'Mangalyaan'The duration of the eclipse was so long that had ISRO done nothing, the Mangalyaan's battery capacity would have got exhausted due to lack ...
19 Jan, 2017, 06.00 PM IST
US looks to work with India in deep space explorationThe unthinkable is already happening in space, India and America are together planning to explore the last unknown frontier. Until recently...
19 Jul, 2015, 03.15 PM IST
Desi companies like L&T, Godrej & Boyce, Walchand Nagar helped in Mangalyaan tripThese companies have contributed most of the parts for the Rs 450-crore Mangalyaan mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
25 Sep, 2014, 01.16 PM IST
ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission: Mylswamy Annadurai & other people who played a key roleThe 56 -year-old scientist from Kodhawady, a small vil lage near Coimbatore, had never stepped out of his district until he finished his Ma...
25 Sep, 2014, 06.56 AM IST
Why ISRO's Mars mission,launching next week, is the cheapestThere are attributes unique to ISRO that enable it to practise frugal engineering at the cutting edge time and again.
31 Oct, 2013, 10.16 AM IST