Students from various schools in Lucknow on Thursday spoke with astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is currently onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The interaction was part of Isro’s Vidyarthi Samvad Programme and was held at City Montessori School. Shukla, the first Indian to reach the ISS, answered several questions from students, including what astronauts eat,…
NEW DELHI: India’s second human spaceflight participant, Shubhanshu Shukla, joined the Axiom mission, alongside representatives from Hungary and Poland, and now, within a few hours, they will lift off for a 14-day sojourn to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday.India’s space programme is entering a new phase with…
Isro’s PSLV-C61/EOS-09 launch (Left) and Storm in US (Right) The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) faced a setback after the launch of its Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-09, failed. A Mexican naval ship collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, leaving over 20 people injured. Meanwhile, youtuber Jyoti Malhotra, the Haryana-based travel vlogger arrested on charges of spying…
Isro’s PSLV-C61/EOS-09 launch SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation‘s (Isro) launch of PSLV-C61, aimed at deploying the EOS-09 earth observation satellite into a sun-synchronous polar orbit from the First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), failed on Sunday.“The launch vehicle performed normal till the second stage and they made an observation in…
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently made an historic discovery from its Aditya-L1 mission, which was launched to monitor the Sun. ISRO posted a video shot by the mission on May 14, 2025, showing a solar flare and historic plasma ejection from the Sun. The discovery brings a much enhanced scale of data concerning…
Chandrayaan-3 on moon (Image credit: Isro) A recent study of Chandrayaan-3 mission data suggests ice deposits could exist in more locations just below the Moon’s polar surface than previously believed. Significant localised temperature variations can influence ice formation, and studying these ice particles can provide valuable information about their origins and development, according to Durga…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi, during the 119th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat‘ on Sunday, hailed Isro, saying it has hit the century in space. On Jan 29, India witnessed Isro’s 100th rocket launch when GSLV-F15 rocket launched navigation satellite NVS-02. He urged people to observe National Science Day by spending…
SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday set a new milestone by successfully placing a second-generation navigation satellite in orbit. Isro used a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) in its 100th rocket launch from Sriharikota.GSLV-F15 carrying NVS-02 navigation satellite lifted off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota…
NEW DLEHI: A GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite NVS-02 lifted off from this spaceport on Wednesday, marking ISRO‘s 100th mission.This launch represented the initial mission under the leadership of newly appointed Isro chairman V Narayanan, and stood as the organisation’s first launch of the year.Following the completion of the 27.30 hour countdown, the 50.9 metre…
NEW DELHI: The successful docking of two Isro spacecraft in space on Thursday has paved the way for future space and outer space missions as India desperately needs a permanent station in space for parking its spacecraft before pursuing a long space journey.The docking mission is a very challenging task as it involves reducing the…