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India plans its own space station by 2030: ISRO Chief
N.B. Nair New Delhi (ISJ) – India's space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation has announced plans to set up a space station on its own to conduct microgravity experiments. The station, tentatively planned to be launched in 2030 would have a...
13 Jun 2019 3:43 PM GMTIndia unveils its most complex space mission ever
Bengaluru (ISJ) – India unveiled its most complex space mission ever – the second Moon Mission or Chandrayaan-2. Announcing it in Bengaluru today (June 12), K. Sivan, Chairman of India's space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO said,...
12 Jun 2019 1:59 PM GMTISRO successfully tests Crew Escape System for human space flight programme
Bengaluru (ISJ) - In a major leap towards indigenisation, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO has conducted tests for its Crew Escape System, critical for human spaceflight. The test, which was unmanned, is designed to validate the launch...
5 July 2018 5:52 AM GMTNavIC frequency too close to WiFi, may cause interference: Study
Ahmedabad (ISW) - NavIC, India's very own navigation satellite system, is projected to provide positioning and navigation services on the lines of US-owned Global Positioning System (GPS). However, a new study has warned, signals from NavIC...
28 Jun 2018 12:35 PM GMT
Astronomers detect for first time light from very first stars of universe
Washington (ISW) - A team of astronomers including an Indian graduate student from Arizona State University have discovered for the first time signals from 'cosmic dawn' - the moment when the universe's earliest stars emerged, making a significant...
4 March 2018 3:09 PM GMTNASA's Voyager Spacecraft still reaching for the stars after 40 years
Washington (ISJ) - Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they continue to communicate with NASA daily, still probing...
4 Aug 2017 8:10 AM GMTNew discovery by Astrosat dashes hopes of alien life on nearest exoplanet
A new discovery by India's space telescope, Astrosat, has dashed hopes of alien life on our nearest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri. Highly energetic flare simultaneously observed by Astrosat and NASA's space telescopes on Proxima means it is...
21 July 2017 2:35 PM GMTAstrosat to open doors to international community
Jaipur, March 9 (India Science Wire) - Astrosat, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?s satellite exclusively devoted to astronomy studies, is all set to go global.ISRO has decided to allow scientists and research organisations across the world...
9 March 2017 1:57 PM GMT
ISRO achieves yet another milestone - one launcher places eight satellites in two orbits
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (ISJ) ? Exactly two years after its maiden successful launch of Mars Orbit Mission (MOM), Mangalyaan, India?s space agency, ISRO set another milestone on Monday (September 26). The thirty seventh flight of India?s...
26 Sep 2016 11:40 AM GMTIndia?s Chandrayaan 2 will be the first ever satellite to land at the highest altitude in Moon
NB NairMysuru (ISJ) – India’s second lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan 2 will be the first ever satellite of any country to land in the highest altitude in Moon. The second Lunar Mission by India is expected to be launched in...
3 Jan 2016 1:48 PM GMTTraffic jam around Mars
Washington (ISJ) - With five active spacecraft Mars, two since last summer, NASA has enhanced its system that warns if two orbiters come too close. The process of traffic monitoring, communication and manoeuvre planning ensure, Mars orbiters do not...
6 May 2015 4:20 PM GMTChandrayaan II in three years, says former ISRO Chief Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
Mumbai (ISJ) ? India?s Chandrayaan II could be possible in the next three years, with the national space agency close to developing a lander and a rover for the mission, said Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, who headed Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO...
3 Jan 2015 11:49 AM GMT
