NISAR PROJECT
America will send Indian astronaut to International Space Station by year-end: US envoy
US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, announced that America plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of 2024. He also mentioned that the NISAR project, a joint mission between NASA and ISRO, is likely to be launched by the year's end. Garcetti highlighted the potential for India and the US to collaborate in research and emerging technologies. He praised India's cost-effective lunar mission, Chandrayaan 3, and expressed optimism about addressing outstanding issues in civilian nuclear energy cooperation.
India-US cooperation would act as force multiplier for rules-based world order: Rajnath Singh
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh emphasized the natural partnership between India and the U.S., stating their cooperation is vital for a rules-based world order. Singh highlighted the alignment in strategic interests and the win-win economic relationship between the two nations. He urged American businesses to invest in India, de-risk, and contribute to India's development. The minister also discussed collaboration in defense technology and space, underlining the significance of their cooperation for global democratic stability.
Human spaceflight tests, deep ocean exploration: 2024 packed year for Indian science
After a successful moon landing, India gears up for ambitious space endeavors in 2024, including human spaceflight and lunar sample return missions. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans the launch of XPoSat to study X-rays and black holes. NISAR, a USD 1.2 billion collaboration with NASA, aims to study climate change.
Nisar satellite passes test of extreme temp, vacuum of space
The thermal vacuum test occurred at ISRO’s Satellite Integration and Test Establishment in Bengaluru. It’s one of a battery of tests the satellite will face leading to launch. Other tests will ensure it can withstand the shaking, vibration, and jostling that it will encounter during launch.
NASA, ISRO gearing up to launch joint space mission to map globe every 12 days
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is set to be launched in the first quarter of 2024 after a few tests, particularly those related to vibration, NASA officials have said. "ISRO is projecting the first quarter of next year. So, I mean, that's ready," NASA NISAR Project Manager Phil Barela said during a media interaction here on Wednesday.
NISAR: NASA-ISRO radar mission to provide dynamic view of forests, wetlands
The joint radar mission between NASA and ISRO, NISAR, will offer detailed insights into two types of ecosystems - forests and wetlands - vital to naturally regulating the greenhouses gases in the atmosphere that are driving global climate change. The NISAR mission will be equipped with advanced radar systems to scan almost the entire land and ice surfaces of our planet every 12 days.
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Chandrayaan-3 paves the way for a megatrend in space stocks
The commercial wing is called New Space India Ltd (NSIL), whose business activity includes manufacturing The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), and Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), and provides launch services to countries and private corporations
What's next for India in space exploration
India has a busy decade of space exploration ahead. S. Somanath, the director of the Indian Space Research Organization, has described the current moment as an inflection point, as the country opens its space programs to private investors after a half-century of state monopoly that made advances but at "a shoestring budget mode of working."
India to explore Sun and Venus next: PM Modi after Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon
Lauding the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 lander module Vikram on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India has set new, ambitious targets for the future, hinting at missions seeking to explore the Sun and other planets including Venus.
Indians to travel to moon, sun mission and more: ISRO's upcoming big plans
Some of these projects include a planned visit to the sun, putting humans in space and to start a space tourism industry by the year 2030.
Pakistan’s blame game to seek concessions from India on Indus Water Treaty
While attending recently concluded ‘UN 2023 Water Conference’, Hasan Nisar Jamy, Pakistan’s Water Resources Ministry Secretary stated, “Indus Water Treaty (IWT), which governs sharing of the Indus basin’s waters, is one example of such successful cooperation, which provides an effective mechanism for cooperation and management on water issues.”
Joint India-US space mission later this year: Science and Technology Minister
The NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) Mission will measure the Earth's changing ecosystems, dynamic surfaces and ice masses to provide information about biomass, natural hazards, sea level rise and groundwater and will support a host of other applications.
Ashtamudi Lake, gateway to Kerala's backwaters, now a sewage dump site
The report also said that sewage from nearby residences and government establishments was the main reason for pollution of the lake and also for putting its unique wetland ecosystem under risk of permanent damage.
ISRO-NASA joint satellite project NISAR proposed to be launched early 2023: Jitendra Singh
NISER is one of the crucial collaborations of the ISRO and NASA. India and the US had agreed upon this mission during then President Barack Obama's visit to India in 2015.
Space exploration more about collaboration than competition, says Nasa's Dr Bhavya Lal
Climate change poses an existential threat not just to our environment but also to our health and well-being. Nasa will be expanding its climate change research. Another challenge we would be focussing on is to re-establish America’s standing through global engagement and diplomacy.
No coercive action against those challenging Roshni Act judgement: J&K administration tells SC
The Roshni Act was enacted in 2001 with the twin objective of generating resources for financing power projects and conferment of proprietary rights to the occupants of state land.
BJP churning out fake news items; bringing in 'tourists' ahead of Bengal polls, says TMC
Referring to certain videos and news items being circulated on social media, Ghosh Dastidar described them as "fake news produced from the factory of the BJP".
FIR against houseboat owner for hosting and hiding a British citizen amid lockdown in Kashmir
Last week when the foreigner was found he was immediately taken to the hospital for checkup where his condition was stated to be stable and was directed to remain in quarantine.
The lander is dead, long live the orbiter
With 8 payloads, a lifespan of seven years and a probe to look for water, minerals.
Sky is not the limit for ISRO
TOI Traces Isro’s Journey From The Days It Used A Church As A Launchpad To Its Moon Mission Now Once seeking foreign help, agency now rubs shoulders with the best
Indus dam work creates national fervour in Pakistan
Pakistan Chief Justice Saqib Nisar has linked raising money for Indus dam to the 1965 war with India.
Isro-Nasa satellite to help ‘predict’ landslides
The Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar will make global measurements of the causes and consequences of land surface changes for integration into earth system models.
Will NASA-ISRO satellite pass the Donald Trump test?
Recently, the US walked out of the Paris Climate Change Treaty while India continues to honour its commitments.
Space mission: India, US explore collaboration avenues
India and the US today discussed the possibilities of collaboration in future Mars exploration projects and other space missions.
ISRO looking at industry-build launch vehicles in 3-4 years
"About three to four years down the line, our target is to see industry-built, assembled and launched PSLV," ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar said.
Balganga dam project: Maharashtra ACB files FIR against contractor, irrigation officials
The FIR lodged at Kopri police station by the ACB's Thane unit has named five officials of FA Enterprises, besides six officials of the irrigation department.
Mend your ways: BJP to Pakistan after attack on Narendra Modi
The Pakistani Minister had claimed that Modi, if elected as India's Prime Minister, would "destabilise" regional peace.
Pakistan Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan says Islamabad is safe
The govt has tried its best to counter all terrorist threats to Islamabad and as a result, there has been "only one terrorist incident" since June 2013, he said.
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