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Chandrayaan 2: PM Modi gives tight hug to emotional ISRO chief K Sivan

5:09 pm September 7, 2019

Bengaluru: After a pep talk to scientists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave a long and tight hug to an emotional ISRO chief K Sivan, who was in tears, unable to come to termsover lander Vikram’s unsuccessful bid to soft-land on the moon. Modi, in his address at the ISRO centre here, asked the […]

Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Government

Film industry hails ISRO team for Chandrayaan-2

2:15 pm September 7, 2019

Mumbai: There is always hurdles in the path to victory and the Chandrayaan-2 mission, which suffered a last minute setback, doesn’t “tantamount to failure”, said members of the film fraternity, after ISRO lost communication with its moon lander early Saturday morning. The communication from the lander, Vikram, to ground station was lost during its powered […]

There will be a new dawn: Modi on Chandrayaan-2

2:10 pm September 7, 2019

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked ISRO scientists not to get disheartened by the hurdles in the moon mission Chandrayaan-2 and asserted that there will be a “new dawn” ISRO’s plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script in the early hours of Saturday, […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

Country is proud of ISRO: PM Modi

2:35 am September 7, 2019

Appreciating the hardworks of scientists here at ISRO, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that there are ups and downs in life and the country is proud of ISRO for what it has achieved so far. PM was addressing ISRO scientists soon after ISRO lost signals from Vikram lander. It may be mentioned that the scientists […]

ISRO scientists analyzing data, as signals from Vikram lander lost

2:23 am September 7, 2019

New Delhi: ISRO scientists analyzing data, as signals from Vikram lander lost. It may be mentioned that the scientists at ISRO lost signals from Vikram lander soon after it completed rough braking phase successfully. The fine braking phase was initiated but signals from the lander lost. Monitoring system awaiting data from Vikram lander. India’s second […]