BENGALURU: The crew module — where the astronauts will be contained in a pressurised Earth-like atmospheric condition during Gaganyaan — is under various stages of development.The space agency, which is aiming to conduct the first Test Vehicle abort mission or TV-D1 by the end of this month, will use an unpressurised CM which has completed…
BENGALURU: New research led by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) planetary scientist, Shuai Li, has led to a discovery that may help explain the origin of the water ice previously discovered in the lunar permanently shaded regions. The researchers analysed remote sensing data collected by Chandrayaan-1’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument.University of Hawai‘i…
NEW DELHI: Chandrayaan-3‘s Vikram lander has soft-landed on Moon, once again, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said on Monday.The lander exceeded its mission objectives and successfully underwent a hop experiment, according to a post by the space agency on X (formerly Twitter).Describing the softlanding, Isro said, “On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself…
BENGALURU: Isro has achieved a new milestone, graduating from the S-band telemetry and command regime used for communication with its space modules to a high throughput X-band frequency for Aditya-L1, India’s first solar space observatory that completed the first of five Earth-bound manoeuvres at 11.40am Sunday.So far, Isro had used X-band only for payload data…
NEW DELHI: Several Pakistani newspapers on Thursday carried front-page stories on India’s moon mission, a day after Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the lunar surface. Pakistani ministers and media figures referred to it as a noteworthy achievement for India’s space agency Isro. India on Wednesday became the fourth nation to successfully soft-land on the lunar surface…
NEW DELHI: Isro chief S Somanath said that the separation of Chandrayaan-3’s lander module Vikram went as planned as the agency completed a significant step in India’s lunar mission on Thursday. Following the success of the latest maneuver, the Isro chief said that he is happy with the progression of the mission so far, Times…
