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India’s maiden solar mission, ‘Aditya-L1’, likely to be launched on Sept 2
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Shifting focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon's uncharted South Pole, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday said the country's maiden solar mission — Aditya-L1 — will "possibly" be launched on September 2.
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PM Modi greets ISRO scientists, declares August 23 as National Space Day
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
PM Modi also announced that the touchdown spot of the Vikram lander on the lunar surface would from now onwards be known as the ‘Shiv Shakti’ point while the Chandrayaan-2 Lunar landing point will be called the ‘Tiranga’ point.
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Chandrayaan-3: ISRO releases video showing how two-segment ramp facilitate
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday released another video of how a two-segment ramp facilitated the roll-down of the rover Pragyan.
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Chandrayaan 3: Pragyan Rover rolled for 8 metres on lunar surface, payload
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"All planned Rover movements have been verified. The Rover has successfully traversed a distance of about 8 meters. Rover payloads LIBS and APXS are turned ON. All payloads on the propulsion module, lander module, and rover are performing nominally," ISRO said in a tweet.
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Chandrayaan-3: Pragyan rover walks on moon, ISRO shares new visuals
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Upon landing, the lander and the rover will operate and do their set tasks for one lunar day. One day on the Moon is equal to 14 days on Earth.
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Karnataka govt to felicitate ISRO chief, 500 scientists involved in Chandr
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A day after the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon’s South Pole, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday announced that it will felicitate the chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and 500 other scientists in Bengaluru.
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"Just because of small error...": Former ISRO Chairman K Sivan on Chandray
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan on Thursday said that the Chandrayaan 2 mission could not achieve success due to a small error that occured in the year 2019.
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“Tribute to the people of India”: Dalai Lama hails ISRO, PM Modi on succes
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
An official statement quoted the Dalai Lama as saying, "The successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a tribute to the people of India who have devoted their attention to scientific development since ancient times."
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"It is an amazing achievement; was like a festival": Congress leader Sande
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As India successfully placed the ‘Vikram’ lander on the moon’s south pole on Wednesday, greetings poured from every corner of the world. Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit congratulated the ISRO team and said ‘It was like a festival’.
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“Thrilled at magnificent achievement”: Sonia Gandhi writes to ISRO chief o
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has expressed her joy at ISRO creating history with soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on moon and said “it is a matter of great pride and excitement to all Indians, particularly the younger generation”.
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Solar mission ‘Aditya’ will be ready for launch in September: ISRO chief S
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As the country rejoiced the successful placement of the ISRO lander — Vikram — on the moon's uncharted South Pole, the agency's chairman S Somanath on Thursday confirmed that its maiden solar mission 'Aditya' is in the works and will be ready for launch in September.
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Kuwait Crown Prince congratulates PM Modi on success of Chandrayaan-3 moon
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
He wished PM Modi everlasting well-being and India more progress and prosperity
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