Tag: Indian Space Research Organisation

‘Not considering women pilots for first Gaganyaan flight huge missed opportunity’

July 2, 2024 admin

Susmita Mohanty wears many hats: spaceship designer, serial entrepreneur, and space diplomat. She is co-founder and director-general of Spaceport SARABHAI (S2), India’s first space-focused think-tank, which she founded in 2021. Ms. Mohanty has spent more than 25 years in the international space sector working with the Americans, Europeans, Japanese, Russians, and Indians in various capacities,…

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NASA chief says U.S. and India to expand collaboration in space; to train Indian astronaut for ISS

June 20, 2024 admin

NASA chief Bill Nelson. | Photo Credit: AP NASA administrator Bill Nelson has said that the U.S. space agency will expand collaboration with India and it will include a “joint effort” aboard the International Space Station with an Indian astronaut. Mr. Nelson’s comments came after a fact sheet issued by the U.S. and India after…

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What is Chang’e 6 and what is its role in China’s moon missions? | Explained

June 6, 2024 admin

The story so far: In the pre-dawn hours (IST) of June 4, a small spacecraft bearing lunar samples took off from the moon’s far side, headed for an orbit that would bring it in contact with an orbiter waiting for it. There, the spacecraft will ‘hand over’ the samples to a capsule on the returner,…

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ISRO hand-holding start-ups to foster space ecosystem

June 2, 2024 admin

The test launch of the Agnibaan rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, in Sriharikota on May 30. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Space Research Organisation has said that it has been extending its technical support and sharing its expertise to facilitate a vibrant space ecosystem in India. Days after the successful launch…

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ISRO’s ‘zero orbital debris’ milestone & the space debris crisis | Explained

April 8, 2024 admin

The story so far: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said its PSLV-C58/XPoSat mission has practically left zero debris in earth’s orbit. The space agency explained that the last stage of the Polar Satellite Launch vehicle (PSLV) used in the mission was transformed into a kind of orbital station — called the PSLV Orbital…

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Like India’s PRATUSH, astronomers want to put telescopes on, around the moon

April 4, 2024 admin

Astronomers are looking forward to opening a new window on the universe by posting high-resolution telescopes on the moon, and in orbit around it. There are numerous proposals to do this from astronomers around the world — including one from India called PRATUSH. On the earth, optical telescopes (which collect visible light at longer wavelengths)…

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ISRO will conduct START 2024 during April-May

March 27, 2024 admin

The training modules will comprise introductory level topics on various verticals of space science and technology. | Photo Credit: Visual Generation Inc. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will conduct the Space science and Technology Awareness Training (START) 2024 programme during April and May. In this connection, ISRO solicits Expression of Interest (EOI) to host…

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ISRO successfully conducts ‘Pushpak’ Reusable Landing Vehicle landing experiment

March 22, 2024 admin

Pushpak making an autonomous landing on the ATR runway at Chitradurga. | Photo Credit: ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the Pushpak Reusable Landing Vehicle (RLV) LEX 02 landing experiment at the Aeronautical Test Range in Chitradurga on Friday, March 22, 2024. The RLV LEX 02 landing experiment is the second…

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Top Space Official On Gaganyaan

March 6, 2024 admin

Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram. Thiruvananthapuram: The Gaganyaan manned space flight mission will launch “Indian astronauts into space from Indian soil on an India-made rocket”, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, the head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram, told NDTV in a special interview…

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Ahead of Gaganyaan, ISRO CE-20 engine already has a notable legacy

February 22, 2024 admin

ISRO conducting a hot-fire test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine for the LVM-3 at its test facility in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: ISRO handout On February 21, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) reported it had successfully completed human-rating the CE-20 rocket engine ahead of its use in an important test flight later…

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