INDIA S MISSION TO MARS

Rudram 1 Missile: India has successfully tested its first indigenous anti-radiation missile, the Rudram-1, developed by DRDO for the Indian Air Force. Integrated with Sukhoi-30MKI jets, it targets radiation sources with INS-GPS navigation and a Pass...

The lunar probe was carried by a Long March-5 Y8 rocket which blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of China's southern island province of Hainan. Chang'e 6 consists of four components: an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a ...

The Indian Coast Guard ship Samudra Paheredar, a specialized Pollution Control Vessel, has arrived in Manila, Philippines, starting its overseas deployment mission to ASEAN countries. With 25 National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets on board, it aims to ex...

Ministry of Coal seeks feedback for coal gasification plants in India, allocating Rs 8,500 crore. Categories include PSUs, private sector, demonstration projects. National Coal Gasification Mission aims to gasify 100 million tonnes of coal by 2030. ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) to inspect India’s first human spaceflight mission 'Gaganyaan'. He may reveal the names of four test pilots for the mission. PM Modi will also inaugurate three important spa...

ISRO plans to send a lander to Mars, deploying a rover and rotocopter. The rotocopter, similar to NASA's Ingenuity quadcopter, will gather data on Martian weather patterns and aid in strategic planning for exploration missions.

Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, Odysseus, launched to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in 50 years. China aims for crewed lunar landing by 2030. Successful soft landings on the moon have been achieved by the U.S., Soviet Union, China, and J...

In 2023's cosmic saga, SpaceX's Starship faced turbulent tests while eyeing Mars. India's Chandrayaan-3 triumphed on the moon's south pole, joining lunar exploration. Astronaut Rubio's extended ISS stay and NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby herald new c...

​​Currently, they are undergoing mission-specific training at Astronaut Training Facility (ATF) in Bengaluru, said ISRO chief S Somanath, who is also Secretary, Department of Space, and Chairman of, Space Commission.

Aditya-L1 is the second spacecraft that the ISRO could send outside the sphere of influence of the Earth. The first one was the Mars Orbiter Mission.

Some may say we are decades behind in human space flight, but we had consciously chosen to be on an altogether different path — to take the road not taken. The competition was regarding how space tech can do more to solve India’s problems. Vikram Sa...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set new goals for the country's space program, including the establishment of an Indian Space Station by 2035 and sending the first Indian to the Moon by 2040. The progress of the Gaganyaan Mission, which aims...

Nearly 15 years after its first flight and on its 25th mission, the rocket code named PSLV-C57 is being used for another interplanetary mission - to study the Sun- by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

​​According to ISRO Chairman S Somanath, the Aditya-L1 mission is expected to launch next month from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The rocket will be integrated with the launch complex in a day or two, he had said at the Mission Ope...

Global space technology veteran and investor Candace Johnson on Saturday said there is an expectation from Chandrayaan-3 Pragyan rover to show if there is ice on the south pole of the Moon. Speaking at the B20 Summit India organised by CII, Johnson ...

India's successful soft landing on the moon positions it as a key player in the global space race. With its capabilities in satellite delivery and increasing investments in space programs, India is leveraging its technological prowess and geopolitic...

India on Wednesday scripted history as ISRO's ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM) touched down on the lunar surface, making it only the fourth country to accomplish the feat, and first to reach the uncharted south pole of...

India is getting ready to try landing on the Moon again, this time with Chandrayaan-3. The last time India tried this in 2019, it didn't work, but this time things look better because of the pictures the lander sent back. India's space program is ge...

Coincidentally, Kumar has essayed the role of an ISRO scientist in the 2019 sci-fi adventure movie ‘Mission Mangal’.