NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force wing commander Shubhanshu Shukla‘s father Shambhu Dayal Sukhla beamed with delight as he wished his son success in the upcoming space mission while also sharing that he initially wanted him to join civil services.Shubhanshu Shukla has been selected as the “prime astronaut” for the first collaborative mission with US space…
Wayanad is placed 13th in Isro’s Landslide Atlas of India-2023 KOCHI: Isro‘s Landslide Atlas of India-2023, which includes landslide exposure analysis carried out in mountainous areas, has placed 13 of Kerala’s 14 districts among the top 50 vulnerable regions in the country.The Atlas ranks 147 landslide-prone districts in 17 states and two Union Territories according…
BENGALURU: More than a year after PM Modi said during a visit to the US that an Indian astronaut would travel to the International Space Station as part of a US mission, Isro is set to send Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla as part of a space flight agreement with Axiom Space, a Nasa-identified service provider.Isro’s…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday brought closure to the controversy over NEET UG- 2024 by holding that there was no systemic failure in this year’s exam for admission to medical colleges across the country and that the paper leak was limited to centres in Hazaribag and Patna. This brings finality to the results and…
BENGALURU: More than a year after PM Narendra Modi, during his official state visit to the US said an Indian astronaut will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a US mission, Isro has signed a space flight agreement (SFA) with Axiom Space to send Group Cap Prashanth Nair and Group Capt…
NEW DELHI: Sharing an update on an Indian astronaut going to space in coming weeks, space minister Jitendra Singh has told Lok Sabha that “one Gaganyaatri from Isro will undertake space travel to the International Space Station (ISS)”.In a written reply to the Lower House on Wednesday, the minister said the Indian space agency is…
MUMBAI: Chandrayaan-3, whose success made India world’s first country to have landed near lunar South Pole, has been awarded World Space Award by International Astronautical Federation.Besides India, only the US, Russia and China have achieved the milestone of soft landing on the moon.The award ceremony is scheduled for October 14 during the opening ceremony of…
BENGALURU: In a meeting held at its headquarters in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Suresh Gopi, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas & Tourism, sought Isro’s support to evaluate the flood risk associated with the Mullaperiyar and Idukki dams in Kerala, the space agency said Wednesday.Expressing concern over the increasing incidents of extreme weather…
BENGALURU: Former Isro scientist, Srinivas Hegde, 71, who was the mission director of India’s first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1 that discovered water molecules on Moon, passed away at a private hospital here on Friday. He is survived by his wife and two sons.Hegde had a long career with Isro — from 1978 to 2014 — and…
BENGALURU: Weather permitting, Isro will attempt to achieve another milestone in the development of reusable launch vehicle (RLV) technology this month, may be as early as next week in Karnataka’s Challakere, while “issues” with chopper (Chinook) is delaying the integrated air-drop test (IADT) of simulated Gaganyaan crew modules at the spaceport in Sriharikota.Isro, which had…
