Chandrayaan-2

Beyond Earth: Man's relentless pursuits to delve into the unknown

India's space agency ISRO has been garnering enormous accolades in the news spectrum recently.

5 days ago

'Brainless Veena Malik is another Rakhi Sawant from Pakistan' - Mahika Sharma slams her for mocking Chandrayaan 2

Veena Malik, who was a part of Bigg Boss 4 and rose to fame with Indian shows, made multiple tweets, ridiculing India and the recent Chandrayaan 2 mission.

7 days ago

Pakistani minister makes fool of himself, accuses India of threatening Sri Lankan cricketers to not tour Pakistan

The minister claimed he got information that India told Sri Lankan players that if they go to Pakistan, they will not be allowed in IPL.

7 days ago

Pakistani astronaut lauds India's Moon mission; calls it 'giant leap' for South Asia

Salim said that she congratulated the attempt and this was a 'giant leap' for South Asia in a statement to Scientia.

8 days ago

India can set up base on Moon in 10 years to get Helium-3 to Earth, says ex-DRDO scientist

Pillai believes that India will be able to establish a base on the surface of the Moon in the next ten years for extraction of Helium-3.

8 days ago

Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram intact in one piece, not broken, confirms ISRO

The Vikram lander that houses the six-wheeled rover Pragyaan, hit the lunar surface after communication with the ground-stations was lost during its final descent, just 2.1 km above the lunar surface.

8 days ago

ISRO locates Vikram lander on the lunar surface; yet to establish contact

The space agency is yet to establish communication with the Vikram lander that was located with the help of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.

9 days ago

Chinese rover Yutu-2 continues exploring Moon as India awaits Vikram signals

The Yutu-2 rover taken to the Moon's far side by Chang'e 4 lander has covered nearly 285 meters since its release on the lunar surface on January 3.

10 days ago

Twitterati slam Pakistanis for trolling Chandrayaan-2 moon mission

While thousands congratulated ISRO for its hard work and #ProudOfISRO trending on Twitter, many users majorly from Pakistan trolled the Indian space mission as a 'failure'.

10 days ago

Chandrayaan 2 setback: Can Vikram lander revive contact with Earth stations?

India's second Moon Mission is not a failure by any stretch of the imagination as the orbiter Chandrayaan 2 will continue sending data back to the Earth despite uncertainty about Vikram lander, which is an autonomous vehicle and could revive on its own.

10 days ago

WATCH | Heartwarming video of PM Modi consoling ISRO chief K Sivan after he breaks down

PM Modi, who had flown down to Bengaluru to see the Lander's descent on the Moon, addressed the media after the Moon mission failed.

10 days ago

Here's how netizens called Chandrayaan-2 a 'success' after ISRO loses contact with lander Vikram

Political figures and netizens poured in congratulatory messages to the scientific community while saying "we are proud of you Isro".

11 days ago

PM Narendra Modi hails ISRO scientists; says India proud of them

ISRO Chairman K Sivan said that the space agency lost communications with Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander moments before it was scheduled to touch the south pole of the Moon.

11 days ago

Chandrayaan 2's moment of reckoning: Vikram lander faces '15 minutes of terror'

Controlled descent of Vikram lander carrying Prayan rover scheduled early on Saturday is fraught with unpredictable dangers and is the most crucial manoeuvre for ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 mission

11 days ago

What is ISTRAC, India's unblinking eye watching over Chandrayaan 2?

ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network is vital to monitoring the heatlh of the second Moon Mission that is scheduled to achieve a soft touch down of the Vikram lander on the lunar surface.

11 days ago

On threshold of lunar history: Vikram lander all set for soft-landing on Moon

Vikram lander, which separated from Chandrayaan 2 on Monday, will make a soft-landing on the southern polar region of the Moon on Saturday.

13 days ago

Aliens, water or moon's mysterious past? What awaits Chandrayaan-2 as probe readies for soft-landing?

Several people believe that India's Chandrayaan-2 may encounter aliens as the probe lands on the moon's dark side.

14 days ago

Shooting for Moon: Chandrayaan 2 enters key phase as lander Vikram separates

The lander will undergo two orbit-lowering manoeuvres (termed Deorbit #1 and Deorbit #2) on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.

15 days ago

Chandrayaan-2 inches closer to Moon, completes third lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre

All spacecraft parameters of the 2.4-tonne box-shaped spacecraft Orbiter with lander Vikram and rover Pragyan inside it are normal.

20 days ago

ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 successfully enters lunar orbit; what next?

The Indian space agency has said the significant milestone was achieved after Chandrayaan 2's liquid engine was ignited for around 1738 seconds.

28 days ago