After a prolonged wait, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has finally set the ball rolling for the final preparatory stages of one of its most highly anticipated global collaborations. The collaborative mission with the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, is scheduled to take…
Isro to launch two high-profile space missions in May-June NEW DELHI: Isro is gearing up for two high-profile space missions over the next two months — astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla is set to travel to the international space station (ISS) in May as part of the Nasa-collaborated Axiom-4 mission, followed by the launch of the world’s…
Representative image (Picture credit: X/@NASAJPL) NEW DELHI: After a series of postponements, the government has finally confirmed the long-awaited launch of the NISAR satellite for June 2025, marking a critical moment in the country’s growing space ambitions. Along with this proud feat for the nation, another announcement related to India’s upcoming participation in the Axiom…
BENGALURU: Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is spearheading the US side of the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) has made public the details of the collaborative mission through the project’s lead US scientist Paul Rosen. As per Nasa, the satellite is set to launch this spring.The mission will observe Earth like no mission before,…
An illustration of NISAR satellite NEW DELHI: After much delays, Nasa has announced that the world’s most advanced and expensive earth observation satellite NISAR, jointly developed by India and the US for over a decade, is “likely to be launched in March” next year. It was earlier scheduled for launch in 2024.In a statement, the…