ISRO

ISRO sets up academic centre for space in Karnataka

The state-run ISRO will provide Rs 2 crore grant annually to NIT for the R&D projects and promotional activities through the year.

Jan 5, 2020

GSAT-30 1st satellite to be launched in 2020, confirms Isro chief K Sivan

India set to launch GSAT-30, a heavy communication satellite, from Kourou space centre in French Guiana on board an Ariane-5 rocket of the European Space Agency (Arianespace) on January 17, 2020.

Jan 2, 2020

Watch | ISRO scientist concludes parliamentary meet with flute performance, garners praise from netizens

The video of the ISRO scientist, P Kunhikrishnan, playing the evergreen Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje on flute has become an internet rage with more than 28,000 views.

Dec 31, 2019

India to launch latest spy satellite, 9 others on December 11

According to the ISRO, the satellites will be carried by PSLV-QL variant.

Dec 8, 2019

Our orbiter located crashed Vikram lander first, says ISRO chief K Sivan

A senior official of the Indian space agency had also wondered on Tuesday if the image released was really of the debris of Indian moon lander Vikram.

Dec 4, 2019

'Were they debris of Indian moon lander Vikram?' questions ISRO

The NASA had credited a Chennai-based software professional Shanmuga Subramanian for positive identification of Vikram's debris on Tuesday.

Dec 4, 2019

All you need to know about the engineer who found Vikram lander debris in NASA images

Shanmuga Subramanian, a Chennai-based engineer, came up with the first positive identification of Vikram lander debris through images released by NASA.

Dec 3, 2019

Isro launches CARTOSAT-3, 13 US nano-satellites from Sriharikota

At about 9.28 am the 44.4 metre tall, weighing 320 ton rocket blasted off from the second launch pad at the country's rocket port in Sriharikota.

Nov 27, 2019

Isro postpones launch of Cartosat-3 and 13 US satellites to November 27

Cartosat-3 will be launched from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

Nov 21, 2019

India's space missions: Will NewSpace India replace Antrix Corporation?

Since its incorporation in 1992, Antrix Corporation -the first commercial arm of ISRO - has handled third party satellite launch contracts.

Nov 20, 2019

Fact Check: PM Modi shows respect by bowing but not before industrialist Adani's wife

Over the years, a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowing before a woman claiming to be Priti Adani, wife of Gautam Adani, has been doing rounds on social media which is not true.

Oct 21, 2019

WATCH | ISRO chief gets warm welcome in Indigo flight, netizens call him 'hero of new India'

A video shot by a passenger showed that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief Sivan was warmly greeted onboard by the air hostesses who took selfies with him.

Oct 5, 2019

ISRO needs to find Vikram's fate on Moon: US space expert

Though ISRO has set up a national committee of experts to find what went wrong with Vikram to lose communication link with it in the last minute, it is yet to confirm its fate on the lunar surface near the South Pole in hostile conditions.

Oct 5, 2019

ISRO scientist from Kerala murdered inside his flat in Hyderabad

Suresh Kumar working at the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), one of the centres of ISRO in Hyderabad, was allegedly murdered by some unknown assailants inside his Apartment.

Oct 2, 2019

Search for Vikram on; NASA scientists analyse lunar images from orbiter

Vikram lost contact with the ISRO after it was launched by the Chandraayan 2 moon orbiter to touch down in the area of the moon's south pole on September 6.

Sep 19, 2019

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.

Sep 12, 2019

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.

Sep 9, 2019

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.

Sep 9, 2019

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.

Sep 9, 2019

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.

Sep 8, 2019