The Chandrayaan-5 / LUPEX mission is expected to be a significant milestone in India’s lunar exploration odyssey, which envisions Indian Gaganyatris (astronauts) landing on the Moon by 2040, it said
ISRO's Chandrayaan-5 mission gets approval! Set to carry a 250 kg lunar rover, this ambitious Moon mission will be developed in collaboration with Japan.
India’s space vision has been extended with the approval for the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS), which will serve as the country’s first space station by 2035.
The Chandrayaan-4 mission, which follows the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, has been cleared at a total cost of Rs 2,104.06 crore.
With the aim of landing humans safely on the Moon, ISRO plans to work on different technologies required for future lunar missions, with Chandrayaan 4 expected to launch by 2027
India is all set to celebrate its maiden National Space Day on August 23, 2024, marking the anniversary of Chandrayaan-3’s historic moon landing.
ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission has provided new evidence supporting the theory of a "magma ocean" on the Moon. Data from the lunar south pole reveals significant insights into the Moon’s early evolution and crust composition.
Chandrayaan-4 mission's objective is to bring back rocks and soil from Moon to Earth
A team of Chinese scientists has researched the soil sample that they got from the moon and identified that there was a kind of mineral and water in its molecular form present.
ISRO Chief S Somanath on Tuesday shared details of Chandrayaan-4 mission and ISRO’s lunar mission objectives. During the interaction with media ISRO Chief S Somanath said, “Chandrayaan-4 is the concept that we are developing as a continuation of the Chandrayaan series, so all of you know that honourable Prime Minister has announced that we will be landing on the moon and intend to land on the moon in 2040."
India's successful soft landing of the ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission on the lunar south pole has garnered admiration worldwide, according to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday.
The shares of Ramesh Kunhikannan company, whose value had already trebled since its debut on the Bombay Stock Exchange in November 2022, gained another 40 percent after its role in the successful of Chandrayaan-3 was made public.
The book by S Somnath, which loosely translates to "lions that drank the moonlight," reportedly had critical remarks about former ISRO Chief K Sivan and the failure of Chandriyaan-2.
US, China and Russia went through much longer gestation periods between their first manned flights and space station operationalisation. India is crunching those timelines and there’s no indication of budgets for the programme or how the forbidding costs of maintaining the station will be financed
'The landing site of the Chandrayaan-3 was not at the moon’s south pole, not in the polar region of the moon’s south pole, nor was it near the Antarctic polar region,' top Chinese scientist Ouyang Ziyuan said.
“To stand by the scientists is not muscular nationalism. ISRO corrected itself from the failure of Chandrayaan 2. Whoever would deny the scientists their contribution. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood by the scientists during Chandrayaan 2 failure," Sitharaman said.
"Chandrayaan-3 mission has made the world realise the talent of India's scientists. We have decided to introduce the ISRO's Chandrayaan missions in the school curriculum from class 6-12 to inculcate a scientific temper among our students," Rawat said.
'India is emerging as a force to reckon with at the topmost level in track and field,' Sanjeev Bikhchandani said.
These projects will provide MTAR the platform to expand its business operations in tandem with the space agency's ambitious projects.
Mamata Banerjee meant Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space but said Rakesh Roshan instead – the actor and director of several Bollywood movies.
Chandrayaan-3: India has become the fourth country to master the technology of soft-landing on the moon after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union.
Chandrayaan 3: Foreign media applauded the historic achievement that makes India the first country to land on the moon’s elusive south pole.
Chandrayaan 3: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan echoed the nation's sentiment as he congratulated ISRO for the remarkable achievement.
Chandrayaan 3 makes soft landing on moon: Entrepreneurs posted their messages congratulating ISRO for the achievement.
'ISRO will launch Aditya L1 Mission," said Modi, which is a solar probe mission, as well as the Gaganyaan (India's first manned space-flight mission),' says PM Modi