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ISRO will use an XL variant of the PSLV to place the Aditya-L1 spacecraft in a low earth orbit. Photo: isro.gov.in Scientists at the Space Physics Laboratory (SPL) under the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here are getting ready to unravel the secrets of the solar wind as the Aditya-L1 mission, meant to study the…
Chandrayaan-3’s touchdown spot was named Shiv Shakti point. New Delhi: The Indian space agency has obtained the first ever scientific data from the Moon’s unexplored South Polar region, marking a major success of its Chandrayaan-3 mission. The thermal probe of the Vikram lander recorded how temperature varies at surface, near surface and deeper on the…
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The graph of temperature variation on lunar surface. Twitter/@isro ISRO on August 27 released a graph of the temperature variation on lunar surface with increase in depth measured by the ChaSTE payload onboard Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander module. According to the space agency, Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) measured the temperature profile of the lunar topsoil…
A memorable black-and-white photograph from the early days of the Indian space programme shows the nose cone of a small rocket being taken to the launchpad on the carrier rack of a bicycle. It’s an incongruous sight. All around the bicycle is the dusty, palm-bedecked rural India of the 1960s. Cut to 2023, and the…
S Somanath said India is capable of launching more interplanetary missions. (File) Thiruvananthapuram: Chairman S Somanath on Saturday said India is capable of launching more interplanetary missions and the objective of the space agency is the overall progress of the country through the expansion of the space sector. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has long-term vision…
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ISRO shared the Pragyan rover video on social media platform X. New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday released a video showing the Pragyan rover roaming around Shiv Shakti point, the touchdown site of lander Vikram, on the lunar surface. Taking to social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, ISRO said, “Pragyan…
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Pragyan rover roams around Shiv Shakti Point in pursuit of lunar secrets at the South Pole. Twitter/@isro The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 26 released a video showing the Pragyan rover roaming around Shiv Shakti point, the touchdown site of lander Vikram, on the lunar surface. Taking to social media platform X, formerly…
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The story so far: At 6.03 pm IST on August 23, the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the moon’s surface, in the south polar region. The landing followed a 19-minute sequence in which the spacecraft used its engines, thrusters, and a suite of sensors to guide itself from an altitude of around 30 km and…
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A screenshot presentations a illustration of Chandrayaan-3’s a hit touchdown at the Moon’s floor, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. | Picture Credit score: PTI The managed descent of the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 made it one of the most closest approaches of a lunar undertaking to the moon’s South Pole. Then again like many of the…
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Attend to | What does Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district have in ordinary with the moon? | Video Credit score: E. Lakshmi Narayanan What does Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu have in ordinary with the moon? It’s the ground. On August 23, 2023, India made history via turning into the primary nation on the earth to…
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