How this Kerala boy helped put India’s space dreams on global map & earned rare 'triple Padma': All About the star who helped ISRO chase MoonKrishnaswamy Kasturirangan, the Kerala-born scientist who became one of the key architects of India’s space programme, rose from humble beg...
24 Apr, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
G20 satellite expected to be launched in 2027: ISRO chief NarayananIndia's G20 satellite for climate and pollution study is set for a 2027 launch. ISRO is leading this initiative. The nation also aims for a...
18 Apr, 2026, 02.38 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
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
ISRO eyes May launch; Artemis-II will be a success, says Chairman V NarayananISRO is preparing for launches starting in May. Several missions are planned for the new financial year. Gaganyaan and NavIC programs are o...
04 Apr, 2026, 09.52 PM IST
Big Rockets, a big telescope and big changes in space await in 2025In 2025, space exploration heats up with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launching New Glenn and Project Kuiper satellites, while SpaceX, led by El...
02 Jan, 2025, 08.28 AM IST
India is not far from sending astronauts to moon: Indian scientists community after Chandrayaan 4 announcementThe Indian scientific community is optimistic about sending a cosmonaut to the moon following the Union cabinet's approval of India's fourt...
19 Sep, 2024, 07.27 AM IST
India's PSLV-XL rocket has close links with Moon, Mars and the SunNearly 15 years after its first flight and on its 25th mission, the rocket code named PSLV-C57 is being used for another interplanetary mis...
02 Sep, 2023, 11.01 AM IST
Japan suspends H-IIA rocket launch for moonshot because of strong windsStrong winds of nearly 108 kph (67 mph) were observed at an altitude of 5,000-15,000 metres (16400-49200 ft), Japan Aerospace Exploration A...
28 Aug, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
Japan suspends launch of rocket carrying moon lander because of windsThe launch was cancelled because of unsuitable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere, MHI's launch services unit said in a post on social...
28 Aug, 2023, 07.09 AM IST
When will Chandrayaan-3 reach the Moon? What's the cost and what's so special about the mission?India's Chandrayaan-3 mission was successfully launched into intended orbit on July 14. Now the spacecraft will take nearly 41 days to reac...
23 Aug, 2023, 01.56 PM IST
2022 is full of first steps to the moon2022 is the year for those initial steps toward the moon. Two new rockets central to NASA’s lunar plans will launch to space for the first ...
03 Jan, 2022, 06.48 AM IST
Questions for 2020: India land a craft safely on moon? ISRO should manage peacefullyIsro scientists lost communication in September with the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-2 mission some 400 m above the lunar surface. So ...
30 Dec, 2019, 09.56 AM IST
How will India's space odysseys fare after Chandrayaan-2?India did not get to land on the moon but ISRO is on mission mode. There are some big plans for the future.
08 Sep, 2019, 10.21 AM IST
India’s Moonshot: All about Chandrayaan-2With Chandrayaan-2, India will become the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to land a spacecraft on the moon.
23 Jul, 2019, 06.57 AM IST
Chandrayaan-2, India's second moon mission launched, to land on lunar soil on September 7The launch was aborted last Monday, after a pressure drop in one of the tanks in the upper stage of the rocket.
22 Jul, 2019, 07.24 PM IST
Pressure drop in rocket led Isro to abort moon missionIsro had to abort Chandrayaan-2 due to drop in pressure in one of the tanks of the upper stage of the rocket.
16 Jul, 2019, 10.50 AM IST