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14 missions lined up for launch in 2021: ISRO chairman

8:03 pm February 28, 2021

Sriharikota (AP): ISRO has lined up 14 missions for launch in 2021, including the space agency’s first unmanned mission later this year, its Chairman K Sivan said here on Sunday. He was addressing scientists at the Mission Control Centre here after the successful launch of Amazona-1 of Brazil and 18 other satellites. “Definitely our hands […]

Top ISRO scientist claims he was poisoned three years ago

11:55 pm January 5, 2021

Bengaluru: A top ISRO scientist on Tuesday claimed he was poisoned more than three years ago. Tapan Misra alleged he was poisoned with deadly arsenic trioxide on May 23, 2017, during a promotion interview at ISRO headquarters here. ”Fatal dose was probably mixed” with chutney along with Dosa, in snacks after lunch, he said. Misra is presently working […]

Moon may be rusting along poles, suggest images sent by Chandrayaan-1

11:39 pm September 6, 2020

New Delhi: Images sent by Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar mission, suggest that the Moon may be rusting along the poles, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008 “ ISRO’s maiden mission to the Moon has sent images which show that the Moon may be rusting along the poles. “The sign of this finding is […]

China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars

5:33 pm July 23, 2020

Beijing: China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red planet. Engines blazing orange, a Long March-5 carrier rocket took off under clear skies around 12:40 p.m. from Hainan Island, south of China’s mainland. Hundreds of space […]

10 launches, Gaganyaan, Chandrayaan ‘disturbed’ due to lockdown: ISRO chief

11:13 pm June 24, 2020

New Delhi: Ten space missions being prepared for launch this year have been “disturbed” due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown besides delay in the human space and Moon missions, ISRO chief K Sivan said on Wednesday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will make an assessment of the impact of the lockdown on its missions, he said. The ISRO chief added that […]

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