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S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told The Hindu that scientific missions ought to be more important in the future. Excerpts: The LVM3 launch vehicle successfully placed 36 satellites of the privately owned OneWeb consortium. However, you have recently indicated that the Chandrayaan-3 mission (to place a rover on the moon)…
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan. File | Photo Credit: ANI ISRO is working towards the first uncrewed mission of its ambitious Gaganyaan Mission scheduled for 2027, Chairman V. Narayanan has said. The Gaganyaan mission is India’s first human spaceflight programme currently under development. It aims to send a three-member crew on a three-day mission to space…
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ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan, with Rajarajan A (left), Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), and M Ganesh Pillai, Scientific Secretary of ISRO, at a press conference on Curtain Raiser Event of the Emerging Science, Technology & Innovation Conclave (ESTIC – 2025), at ISRO HQ, in Bengaluru on October 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K…
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ISRO chairman V. Narayanan addresses an ISRO Press Meet, at the National Media Centre in New Delhi on August 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, V. Narayanan, on Thursday (August 21, 2025), said the Falcon 9 rocket team that launched Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the…
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US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti visited the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru on Friday and held discussions with ISRO Chairman Somanath. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S. Somanath, on Friday (May 24), called upon the industry to invest more in the space sector. Delivering the keynote address at the US-India…
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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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ISRO chairman: S Somanath expressed optimism of greater female involvement in future Gaganyaan missions. Thiruvananthapuram: Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath on Tuesday expressed his wish for increased female representation in the nation’s space missions. He said this desire echoes the sentiments of the nation, including that of the Prime Minister. During an event…
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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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Sonia Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hogging the limelight after the success of Chandrayaan-3. In a letter to the ISRO Chairman, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi said she was writing to him to let him know how thrilled she was by the ISRO’s magnificent…
A dish antenna is seen inside the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility on August 23, 2023 in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: Getty Images With Vikram, the lander module of Chandrayaan-3, successfully landing on the surface of moon on August 23, the focus has now moved to the rover in its belly, Pragyan….
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