Indian Space Research Organisation

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

NCPA to pay musical tribute to ‘Chandrayaan’

4:19 pm January 6, 2020

Mumbai: A musical odyssey will pay tribute to India’s lunar mission ‘Chandrayaan’ and the eminent scientists behind it, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) announced. Organised in collaboration with Sahachari Foundation, the musical concert, “Chandrayaan: Celebrating India’s journey to the Moon”, led by famous composer Shantanu Moitra will be held here at Tata […]

Top ISRO scientist claims he was poisoned three years ago

ISRO, Xiaomi in advanced talks over NaVIC chipsets

10:43 pm January 1, 2020

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation and Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi are in advanced stage of talks on provision of chipsets that can support NaVIC, the Indian version of Global Positioning System (GPS), an official said here on Wednesday. The NavIC-friendly chipset, being manufactured by the US chip manufacturer Qualcom, is designed to provide accurate […]

Four astronauts identified for ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission: Chief K Sivan

1:56 pm January 1, 2020

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday said the training of astronauts for the ambitious manned mission ‘Gaganyaan’ will commence from the third week of January in Russia. Four astronauts have been identified for the mission, ISRO chief K Sivan said adding the training of astronauts will start from third week of this […]

14 missions lined up for launch in 2021: ISRO chairman

Chandrayaan orbiter doing extremely well: ISRO chief Sivan

8:05 pm September 21, 2019

Chennai/Bhubaneswar: The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter’s ensemble of eight scientific instruments was performing very well and is expected to continue its stellar work for about seven and a half years, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Saturday. As the prospects of re-establishing contact with Chandrayaan-2’s ‘Vikram’ lander have virtually ended after the conclusion of 14 Earth days, […]

‘NASA analysing images of Chandrayaan-2’s landing site’

1:37 pm September 19, 2019

Houston: NASA is analysing, validating and reviewing the images clicked by its lunar orbiter of the area on the Moon where India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission made an unsuccessful attempt to soft land its Vikram module, according to a media report that quoted a project scientist of the US space agency. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft […]