Indian Space Research Organisation
ISRO mulls Mars mission, lunar colonies
28 Jan 2010
An ambitious Indian Space Research Organisation is not only planning deeper forays into space, starting with Mars, but also looking at the complications involved in setting up a lunar base.
India’s moon mission launch in 2013
28 Jan 2010
The Indian Space Research Organization has said that the configuration of the new moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' was being finalised and that it would be launched by 2013.
India’s manned space mission scheduled for 2016
27 Jan 2010
India’s first manned mission has been scheduled for 2016, and will see two astronauts spending seven days in a low earth orbit.
ISRO tests third largest rocket booster in the world
25 Jan 2010
The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully conducted a static test of the S-200 strap-on booster, which is the third largest solid booster in the world, next only to the solid booster of NASA’s Space Shuttle and Arianespace’s Ariane-5.
Chandrayaan-II on schedule for 2013 launch: ISRO
04 Jan 2010
ISRO’s cryogenic technology on test with the GSLV-D3
02 Jan 2010
ISRO’s largest rocket- the GSLV-D3- will be launched with an indigenous cryogenic stage and engine, making the country only the fifth or sixth in the world to have successfully developed such technology.
Russia to share technology with India for manned spaceship
24 Dec 2009
Russia will cooperate with India in helping it build an indigenously designed manned spaceship by 2020 sharing technology used in developing their Souyz spacecraft.
Indigenous cryogenic engine to power GSLV-D3
05 Dec 2009
India will join a select group of countries possessing cryogenic engine technology when it launches its biggest rocket, the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV), in January 2010.
NASA signs pact with ISRO to use Oceansat-2 data
20 Nov 2009
New ISRO chief is also a classical artist
27 Oct 2009
Dr K Radhakrishnan, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, takes over as the new chairman of ISRO, becoming the first active classical arts performer to head any top-notch scientific institution in the country.
ISRO may jiggle Chandrayaan-II payloads after discovery of water
25 Sep 2009
ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair has confessed that scientists are rethinking the experiments to be carried by the follow-on mission Chandrayaan-II after the discovery of water in larger quantities than previously estimated.
NASA, ISRO confirm the presence of water on the moon
25 Sep 2009
A jubilant space science community across the globe is now pondering how the discovery of water on the moon, is likely to impact the future of space activity.
ISRO, NASA to announce discovery of water on the moon
24 Sep 2009
ISRO and NASA are set to announce "path-breaking" news that payloads onboard the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter have found evidence of water on the moon.
ISRO’s multiple satellite launch is a success
23 Sep 2009
ISRO’s workhorse space rocket, the PSLV-C14, successfully placed the 960-kg Oceansat-2 into its designated orbit today along with six other nano satellites, replicating its feat from April 2008 when it launched 10 satellites simultaneously.
Stop putting ISRO down, lunar mission a "fantastic success": ESA
14 Sep 2009
Indian media's traditional carping ways with respect to a national success story in critical or strategic areas was lambasted by European Space Agency scientists who suggested that the mission's underlying achievement be taken onboard rather than its early termination.
ISRO to put Chandrayaan-1 data in public domain
10 Sep 2009
ISRO, NASA joint test with Chandrayaan-1 had failed
09 Sep 2009
The premature shut-down of the ISRO’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission on 29 August also brought to a close an interesting joint effort with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter where both agencies were conducting bi-static observations aimed at finding water ice at the moon's poles.
Chandrayaan-1 review committee happy with mission outcome
09 Sep 2009
A peer review committee of scientists from ISRO, NASA and the European Space Agency has expressed satisfaction on the excellent performance of the Chandrayaan-1 mission.
Chandrayaan mission confirms moon was once molten
02 Sep 2009
An American experiment onboard the Chandrayaan-1 has confirmed the Lunar Magma Ocean hypothesis, an explanation for the formation of the Lunar Highlands.
American astronautics society award for Chandrayaan-1 team
01 Sep 2009
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected ISRO’s Chandrayaan-1 mission as one of the recipient’s of its annual, AIAA SPACE 2009, awards, which recognize key contributions to space science and technology.
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