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
1.5 lakh close-approach alerts issued for ISRO's Earth-orbiting satellites in 2025: ReportFour collision avoidance manoeuvres (CAM) were performed for Geo-synchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, while 14 CAMs, including one for...
16 Apr, 2026, 06.33 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
ISRO sets December 24 morning launch for LVM3-M6 missionISRO has announced the LVM3-M6 mission launch for December 24, 2025. The powerful rocket will lift off from Sriharikota. Members of the pub...
23 Dec, 2025, 01.55 PM IST
ISRO completes final test for Gaganyaan rocket engine that can carry humans to spaceIndia's ISRO has human-rated its CE20 cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan missions. The engine powers the cryogenic stage of the LVM3 launch veh...
21 Feb, 2024, 12.21 PM IST
ISRO to develop ECLSS for Gaganyaan mission after failing to get it from other countries: SomanathThe Gaganyaan project envisages a demonstration of Indian Space Research Organisation's human spaceflight capability by launching a human c...
13 Dec, 2023, 02.26 PM IST
ISRO has a busy 2023 as it sets its sights on the sunThe calendar year 2023 is a busy one for the Indian space agency launching rockets and satellites as well as testing various systems to pow...
23 Jul, 2023, 08.35 PM IST
With Chandrayaan-3 success, ISRO's first human spaceflight programme receives major boostThe Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation is busy working on its flagship project, Gaganyaan, which envisages the demo...
17 Jul, 2023, 05.42 PM IST
In election year 2024, ISRO to send up uncrewed rocket as part of Gaganyaan MissionThe Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) S. Somanath said here on Saturday the space agency is planning to send up the fir...
22 Apr, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
ISRO working on green fuels like hydrogen peroxide for rocketsISRO Chairman said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking at green propulsion through hydrogen peroxide in its rocke...
31 Dec, 2020, 03.42 PM IST
India's manned space mission is on, Cabinet okays Rs 10,000 crore planThe space programme, the largest ever, will make India the fourth country to send a human to space.
28 Dec, 2018, 09.45 PM IST
VR Lalithambika, the woman who will lead India's human space flight programmeIsro has picked VR Lalithambika, a scientist who has played role in building India’s rocket programme.
19 Aug, 2018, 11.52 AM IST
Can India really put a man in space by 2022? The plan behind Modi's promiseIsro has carved out a niche in commercial satellite space, which includes the cheapest successful Mars mission.
15 Aug, 2018, 10.03 AM IST
Indian Space Research Organisation on hunt for another Rakesh SharmaThe space organisation tested on Thursday a crew escape system (CES), which is a capsule that ejects from a rocket if it explodes on the la...
06 Jul, 2018, 04.52 PM IST
Can we launch Indians into space? Isro will answer that question at 5.28 pm todayIsro has already prepared plans of hoisting a 2-3 member human crew into space as soon as the government gives it a sanction of about 3-4 b...
05 Jun, 2017, 11.45 AM IST
ISRO braces to tame monster rocket that could launch Indians into spaceISRO enters into a bold new world muscling its way to make its mark in the world's heavy weight multi-billion dollar launch market.
28 May, 2017, 11.32 AM IST