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Wait of centuries has ended: Modi after Ram temple 'bhoomi pujan'

PM performs ‘bhoomi pujan’ for Ram temple in Ayodhya

2:22 pm August 5, 2020

Ayodhya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday performed the ‘bhoomi pujan‘ of a Supreme Court-mandated Ram temple in Ayodhya, bringing to fruition the BJP’s ‘mandir’ movement that defined its politics for three decades and took it to the heights of power. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were among those […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

ISRO racing against time to salvage lander-rover part of Chandrayaan-2 mission

7:52 pm September 10, 2019

Bengaluru: ISRO is racing against time to spring ‘Vikram’ back to lifeand salvage the lander-rover part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission. The lander Vikram, with rover ‘Pragyan’ tucked inside it, lost communication with the ground-stations during its final descent, just 2.1 kms above the lunar surface, minutes before the planned soft-landing in the early hours of […]

‘Vikram’ lander tilts after hard hit, but unbroken: ISRO

6:56 pm September 9, 2019

Bengaluru: Chandrayaan-2’s lander Vikram is unbroken but lying tilted on the surface of the Moon after a hard landing very close to the scheduled touchdown site, an ISRO official said on Monday. Efforts are underway to see whether communication can be re-established with the lander but chances of that could be bleak with full system […]

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