BENGALURU: As ISRO gears up for the ambitious space docking experiment, scheduled for Tuesday, the space agency and multiple startups that sent payloads on the PSLV Orbital Experiment Platform (POEM) have reported success. However, two key payloads from educational institutions — spinach sent by Amity University, Mumbai, and gut bacteria sent by RVCE in Bengaluru…
Isro has achieved a remarkable feat by successfully germinating cowpea seeds in microgravity conditions during their PSLV-C60 POEM-4 mission.The successful experiment utilised the Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies (CROPS), demonstrating substantial progress in understanding how plants grow in space conditions.VSSC developed the CROPS payload, which functions as an automated system specifically created to…
The year 2024 proved to be an outstanding time in the realm of space exploration, where the milestones achieved by several agencies held the world in awe. Milestone scientific discoveries and technological achievements marked humanity’s unwavering quest to know more about the universe.From Moon to Mars, and from solar breakthroughs to democratising space access, a…
India on Monday got a step closer to becoming part of an elite group of nations with space-docking technology — ability to mate two spacecraft in space — with Isro’s putting two small satellites weighing 220 kg each, into orbit.The satellites, part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission, lifted off around little past 10pm…
BENGALURU: Tonight, a few milliseconds past 10pm, India is poised to launch its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission — the PSLV-C60 rocket will carry two small spacecraft, each weighing approximately 220 kg, into a 470 km circular orbit.This technology demonstration mission aims to showcase India’s capability in performing complex in-space docking maneuvers, a crucial technology…
NEW DELHI: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) director Nilesh Desai said that the government has approved the Venus Orbiting satellite project, Shukrayaan.“The Indian government has recently given a nod to our Venus Orbiting Satellite — Shukrayaan. It will be launched in 2028. The idea of Chandrayaan 4 has been proposed as a follow up of…
Isro chairman and secretary, department of space S Somanath (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Isro is working to make India’s own regional navigation system (NaVIC) easily accessible to civilians soon, as the accurate positioning system was till now confined to strategic use, said Pawan Goenka, chairman of space regulator and promoter INSPACe. He said “by…
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has achieved a milestone in space exploration: The Gaganyaan Mission, India’s first human spaceflight program. To ensure its success, ISRO is conducting an “analog mission” on Earth, which will take place in Ladakh. This mission will allow scientists to study the physical and mental challenges faced by humans in space….
Hab-1 inflatable habitat at Leh is equipped with essentials like a hydroponics farm, kitchen and sanitation facilities for analog space NEW DELHI: The country’s first analog space mission has taken off at Leh in Ladakh, where space agency Isro will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat as India is planning to send a human to…
NEW DELHI: To make its satellites lighter in future, Isro is going to launch its first home-grown electric propulsion-led spacecraft in Dec, space agency chairman S Somanath announced while also specifying new deadlines for its upcoming key missions like Gaganyaan, Chandrayaan-4 and-5, and Indo-US NISAR satellite project.Delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture at Akashvani, Somanath…
