Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath on Saturday announced the success of the ‘TV-D1’ (Test Vehicle Development Flight 1) in the Gaganyaan Mission. The test vehicle was launched on the second attempt after it had faced an engine ignition problem at 8:45am IST. ISRO briefly aborted the launch of the first uncrewed test flight …
India is set to conduct a key test in its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan as early as next month, the project director of the mission R Hutton told Reuters. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is currently training four astronauts and looking to expand the cohort as it aims for more future manned missions, Hutton said. …
India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander is in the center of the square inside the white halo. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 mission has already had a huge impact back on Earth. The world celebrated as India became only the fourth nation to successfully soft-land on our lunar neighbor. Even better, the Vikram …
Chandrayaan 3’s rover ‘Pragyaan’ has completed its assignments on the lunar surface and set into sleep mode, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced. The space agency’s announcement came just hours after ISRO chief S Somanath said that the lunar mission’s rover and lander, ‘Pragyaan’ and ‘Vikram‘, respectively were functioning well and they would be …
Following the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency ISRO launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission, Aditya-L1. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website showed. The broadcast was watched …
People gather along North Avenue Beach as a super blue moon rises on August 30, 2023 in Chicago, … [+] Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images Did you see the “Blue Supermoon” this week? Best seen rising on Wednesday evening and setting on Thursday morning, the celestial sight was photographed around the world …
The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope instrument onboard ‘Pragyan’ rover of Chandrayaan-3 has unambiguously confirmed the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface near south pole, through first-ever in-situ measurements, ISRO said on Tuesday. It also said the instrument also detected aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen, as expected. “The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) …
Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon’s uncharted South Pole region, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Saturday said that the country’s maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first week of September. “Aditya L1 satellite is ready. It has reached Sriharikota and is connected to PSLV. The next aim of ISRO and the country is its launch. The launch will be in the first week of September. The date will be announced within two days,” ISRO chief said. “After …
Japan’s space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its “Moon Sniper” lunar mission due to poor weather. The H2-A rocket due to blast off from the southern island of Tanegashima was also carrying a research satellite developed with NASA and the European Space Agency. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) …
India’s Chandrayaan 3 successfully landed near to the south pole region of the moon—but will its … [+] Pragyan rover survive the lunar night? getty The Indian Space Research Agency achieved something remarkable this week when it successfully landed its Vikram lander on the surface of the moon. Today it published an incredible video of …