Optimized Electrotech raises Rs 35 Crore in round led by Exfinity ventures to power its expansion into space-based imagingOptimized Electrotech is moving into space-based sensing. The company is building a sovereign sensing stack for India. It has secured initi...
27 Apr, 2026, 07.35 PM IST
Race to the Moon: Power, politics and the new space orderA new space race is unfolding as the United States and China compete for lunar dominance. Both nations are pushing for crewed Moon landings...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
A space odyssey: Artemis 2 has been a spot check to see if humans can be safely operational for weeks in deep spaceThe Artemis 2 crew is returning to Earth after a historic journey. This mission tested NASA's spacecraft and life support systems in deep s...
09 Apr, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
ISRO intern by day, robber at night: Booked in 11 theft cases, techie shoots jeweller in heist attempt in Gujarat's NavsariUmang Vachhani, an aeronautical engineer who had interned at ISRO and has a record of theft cases, was arrested along with two others for a...
09 Apr, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
Mission operations key to space success: ISRO chief NarayananISRO Chairman V. Narayanan emphasized the critical role of mission operations in India's expanding space program at the SMOPS-2026 conferen...
08 Apr, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
‘Thank you, ISRO’: Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla hails India’s space agency for safe journey to ISSIndian Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla, currently on the ISS as part of Axiom-4, acknowledged ISRO's support for his safe journey. During a ca...
07 Jul, 2025, 04.33 PM IST
Axiom-4 mission carrying astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to take off on May 29; to conduct 7 experimentsGroup Captain Shukla will lead seven research projects examining the physiological and biological effects of space on humans and plants. He...
29 Apr, 2025, 11.27 PM IST
POEM-4 re-enters Earth's atmosphere: ISROISRO announced the successful re-entry of the PSLV Orbital platform Experiment Module (POEM-4) into the Earth's atmosphere, impacting the I...
05 Apr, 2025, 09.12 AM IST
SpaDeX satellites positioned 230 m apart, health status 'normal': ISROISRO's SpaDeX satellite mission involves two satellites, Chaser and Target, separated by 230 m and in normal health, following their launch...
11 Jan, 2025, 07.47 PM IST
New Isro chief reveals the missions he will be focussing onV Narayanan will become ISRO chairman on January 14. He announced the focus on future missions, including Chandrayaan-4, the human spacefli...
10 Jan, 2025, 02.36 PM IST
ISRO to carryout ambitious space docking experiment on ThursdayISRO plans to perform a space docking experiment with two satellites, SDX01 and SDX02, on January 9. The event was originally scheduled for...
08 Jan, 2025, 06.45 PM IST
Cowpea seedlings onboard ISRO's POEM-4 sprout first leaves in spaceISRO announces a milestone in space-based plant research as cowpea seedlings onboard the PSLV-C60 POEM-4 module have sprouted their first l...
06 Jan, 2025, 06.42 PM IST
ISRO's SpaDeX satellites first to be built by industry on its own: OfficialIndia's space industry achieved a milestone with the launch of two satellites for the space docking experiment on Monday night. The satelli...
31 Dec, 2024, 12.48 PM IST
ISRO & ESA agree to cooperate on astronaut training, mission implementationISRO and ESA have signed an agreement to collaborate on astronaut training, mission implementation, and research experiments. This partners...
21 Dec, 2024, 03.19 PM IST
ISRO-IISc team develops modular device for extra-terrestrial experimentsIn a study published in 'Acta Astronautica', the team showed how the device can be used to activate and track the growth of a bacterium cal...
04 Sep, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
Human Mission: Isro looking at pool of 10 experiments in spaceIsro is looking at a pool of at least 10 experiments, which could include testing of medical equipment to micro-biological experiments such...
12 Nov, 2018, 10.54 AM IST
Venus mission: ISRO invites proposals for space experimentsThough no time-frame has been set by the ISRO for the ambitious mission, indications are that the Indian Venusian orbiter mission may not h...
24 Apr, 2017, 07.19 PM IST