Tag: Indian Space Research Organisation

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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AstroSat unravels mysteries surrounding Black Hole X-ray Binary MAXI J1820+070

February 21, 2024 admin

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) AstroSat’s full multi-wavelength capabilities have enabled an international team of scientists to unravel the mysteries surrounding the X-ray binary system MAXI J1820+070, hosting a black hole. AstroSat is India’s first multi-wavelength space observatory which was launched in September 2015 and now a comprehensive study presents unique insights into the…

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Watch | Somnath S. on ‘Transformative Leadership in ISRO’

February 12, 2024 admin

Watch | Somnath S. on ‘Transformative Leadership in ISRO’ Think of a typical day involving a rocket launch, and one is sure to imagine a control room where chaos reigns supreme, and the people involved in the launch, moving about frenziedly. Somnath S, chairman, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), debunked this myth, at The…

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IISc announces distinguished alumni awards for 2023

October 31, 2023 admin

A view of the Indian Institute of Science building in Bengaluru. file photo | Photo Credit: PTI Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath is among the five outstanding scientists and engineers who have been selected to receive the distinguished alumni awards of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for the year 2023. The…

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Hundreds of tests planned, working to get crew module from outside India: ISRO’s Somanath on Gaganyaan

October 16, 2023 admin

ISRO Chairman S. Somanath addresses the 50th Convention of the All India Management Association at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, September 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI In a crucial step in India’s ambitious programme to lift its astronauts into space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will test its crew escape system (CES)…

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Gaganyaan mission | ISRO to commence unmanned flight tests; preparations under way for TV-D1

October 7, 2023 admin

Preparations are on for the Gaganyaan Mission’s Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1), which is likely to be launched by the end of October 2023. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which is planning to commence uncrewed flight tests for the Gaganyaan mission, has started to make preparations for the…

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Interview with ISRO Chairman Somanath on Chandrayaan-3, Aditya-L1, and more

October 1, 2023 admin

S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), attributes the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon to “the result of the hard work of thousands of people in ISRO”, the “rigour of the reviews”, and “corrective action taken meticulously.” In an interview with T.S. Subramanian in Bengaluru, Dr. Somanath asserted that…

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Launch was critical for Chandrayaan-3 success: ISRO chairman Somanath

October 1, 2023 admin

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