The Indian space agency ISRO is gearing up for its ambitious planetary exploration venture with the Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM). The proposed mission, aimed at studying the atmosphere, surface, subsurface, ionosphere, and solar interaction of Venus, seeks to enhance India’s deep space exploration efforts beyond the moon and Mars. Sanctioned by the Union Cabinet in ...

Indian Space Research Organization is making preparations for the launch of its next generation Earth Observation Satellite (EOS) mission. The mission that will be launched in the last quarter (Q4) is part of India’s attempt to increase its capabilities in the realm of earth observation through space.  Earth observation satellites have proved to be one ...

India’s space organization, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), has added to its space infrastructure through the setting up of an Advanced ISTRAC Radar Research Center at Guwahati in Assam. This center will be instrumental in the tracking of satellites and space objects as well as helping out in space missions in the future. The ...

India’s efforts in space have been moving away from missions to projects aimed at creating a permanent human space station. The Bharatiya Antariksha Station will be the next big step towards India’s future human space station ambitions, with 2035 having been announced as the year that will see the station established. The project is part ...

The space program of India is shifting gradually from launching satellites to practical uses which are relevant to industries such as agriculture, water management, and disaster management. The latest initiative taken by India relates to the availability of earth observation data, particularly the data collected using the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. Through its ...

This is an important moment for ISRO, and India’s pride has been augmented as it has completed the second satellite docking of the SpaDeX mission. The news was shared on social media by Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Monday, wherein he wrote, “Glad to inform that the second docking of satellites has been accomplished ...

India is planning to launch the Chandrayaan-4 mission in 2027, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh has confirmed. The mission will work towards collecting samples from the Moon and returning them to Earth, in a breakthrough step in India’s space exploration efforts.  “The Chandrayaan-4 mission aims to collect samples from the Moon’s surface and bring ...

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has stated that Chairmans ISRO, well known scientist Dr V Narayanan will take over on January 14 from S Somanath. Dr Narayanan presently working for Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), banglore holds about four decades of experience in rocket and spacecraft propulsion. Dr Narayanan graduated in Cryogenic Engineering from ...

2024 will be ending with the launch of ISRO’s PSLV-C60 SpaDex satellites on December 30 and the space agency has reported that the launch has been scheduled at 10 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. It is the first ever attempt by ISRO with the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDex) Mission which demonstrates ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has just announced the launch of the country’s first analog space mission to simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station beyond Earth. The mission is meant to help ISRO understand the issues that future astronauts are likely to encounter on missions beyond ...