Venus passes between Earth and Sun this weekend. But don't watch itVenus will pass between Earth and the sun on Saturday during an inferior conjunction. This event, tough to spot without special tools, occu...
20 Mar, 2025, 09.33 PM IST
ISRO’s Shukrayaan takes off—on paper: Govt greenlights Venus mission to study planet's weather, atmosphereThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has unveiled an ambitious roadmap, securing approval for its first Venus mission, Shukrayaan,...
26 Nov, 2024, 12.05 PM IST
As Elon Musk plans human colony on Mars, here's what India is planning for our neighbouring red planet and VenusIndia's space agency, ISRO, unveils ambitious plans for a Mars landing and a space station, aiming to facilitate a moon landing by 2040. Th...
26 Nov, 2024, 11.39 AM IST
Venus Mission to take off in March 2028, carry 19 payloadsBeing developed at a cost of Rs 1,236 crore by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), the VOM will explore the planet's atmosphere,...
01 Oct, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
Gaganyaan should proceed with caution, don't want another Boeing incident: ISRO chiefISRO Chairman S Somanath emphasized caution for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission, India's first human spaceflight. He also highlighted the im...
20 Sep, 2024, 04.33 PM IST
ISRO sets sights on Sun, Venus and Mars: Successful moon landing boosts India's space ambitionsIndia's space agency, ISRO, is preparing for its next mission to investigate the Sun with the launch of the Aditya-L1 spacecraft. This will...
24 Aug, 2023, 01.34 PM IST
ISRO plans mission to Venus, eyes December 2024 launch windowAddressing a day-long meeting on Venusian science, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somnath said the Venus mission has ...
04 May, 2022, 04.18 PM IST
Nasa has announced two missions to Venus by 2030: Here's why that's excitingIn the latest announcement from Nasa's solar system exploration programme, two missions have been given the go-ahead - and they're both bou...
06 Jun, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
Sweden getting on board India's Venus mission with payload to explore planetThe VNA would be the ninth generation of IRFs series of miniatured ion and ENA (Energetic Neutral Atoms) instruments, according to Swedish ...
25 Nov, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
Shukrayaan: India's proposed Venus mission attracts international payload proposalsThese include "collaborative contributions" from Russia, France, Sweden and Germany, sources in the Bengaluru- headquartered space agency s...
23 Nov, 2020, 01.26 PM IST
ISRO to launch its Venus mission in 2025, France to take part: French space agencyISRO chairman K Sivan and CNES president Jean-Yves Le Gall held talks and reviewed the areas driving cooperation between France and India i...
30 Sep, 2020, 08.34 PM IST
ISRO calls for global proposals to carry experiments on Venus missionISRO has invited proposals from the international scientific community to carry out novel experiments on its planned Venus mission, schedul...
12 Nov, 2018, 01.30 PM IST
India, France holding discussions for inter-planetary missions to Mars, VenusISRO and French National Space Agency had agreed to work together on autonomous navigation of rovers on Moon, Mars and other planets.
15 Apr, 2018, 09.58 PM 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
Venus mission: Isro invites proposals for space experimentsAccording to Isro, the exploration of Venus began in the early 1960s with fly by and lander missions and atmospheric probes.
24 Apr, 2017, 05.44 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
NASA plans airships, floating city for manned Venus missionNASA's High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) mission aims to explore the atmosphere of Venus instead of exploring the surface.
21 Dec, 2014, 02.08 PM IST