Chennai: India’s first moon landing mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’ is being watched with keen interest globally, said K. Sivan, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisaton (ISRO). Speaking to reporters here Sivan said the Chandrayaan-2 mission is an important mission at a global level. He said, the landing operations for moon lander Vikram will begin at about 1.40 […]
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Chandrayaan-2 orbit successfully raised third time: ISRO
Chennai(1 MIN READ): The third orbit raising activity for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has been performed successfully at 3.12 p.m. on Monday, the Indian space agency said. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the orbit of the Chandrayaan-2 was raised to 276 x 71,792 km by firing the onboard motors for 989 seconds. All spacecraft parameters […]
Need to learn from India: Pakistanis on Chandrayaan-2
New Delhi: India’s successful launch of the Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission on July 22 earned appreciation from people from across the world including Pakistan, with many of them saying that India’s achievement offers its neighbour an opportunity to learn. “Good step. They are far ahead of us in technology. Pakistan should learn from it,” one person […]
Key Chandrayaan-2 scientist makes parents in Bengal proud
Kolkata: The successful launch of Chandrayaan-2 is a proud moment for the parents of Chandrakanata Das – hailing from West Bengal’s Hooghly district – who is one of the key scientists of the mission. India’s second lunar mission was well on track as its ‘Babubali’ GSLV rocket successfully put the moon spacecraft — Chandrayaan-2 — […]
Foreign missions congratulate India on Chandrayaan-2
New Delhi: Congratulations poured in on Monday after the successful launch of India’s second moon mission, with the embassies of Israel, the US and Germany conveying greetings to India’s space agency for the “giant leap”. The Israeli embassy tweeted: “Congratulations India and Team @ISRO on successfully launching Mission #Chandrayaan2. Good luck on the @Chandrayaan2theMoon journey, […]
Tweeple congratulate ISRO for ‘flawless’ Chandrayaan-2 launch
New Delhi: Twitterati on Monday celebrated the “flawless” launch of ‘Bahubali’ GSLV rocket that successfully put the moon spacecraft — Chandrayaan-2 — into the orbit in a copy book style. According to an ISRO official, the lander Vikram will land on the moon on September 7. Pictures of ISRO Chief K. Sivan went viral on […]
From stars to moon: Meet Chandrayaan-2 Mission Director
Lucknow: As soon as Chandrayan 2 soared up into the skies, a rent of cheer tore through the roof of a house in Lucknow. The house in Rajajipuram, where Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, the mission director of Chandrayan-2, lived, is suddenly the centre of attraction and has acquired a celebrity status almost overnight. The phones are […]
India’s ‘Bahubali’ rocket lifts off with Chandrayaan-2
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India moved towards its second tryst with the moon with ISRO’s heavy lift rocket – the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) – carrying the 3,850 kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, blasting off from the Sriharikota spaceport on Monday afternoon. At exactly 2.43 p.m., the Rs 375 crore GSLV-Mk III rocket began its […]
Countdown for Chandrayaan-2 lift-off progressing smoothly
Chennai: The 20-hour countdown for the July 15 early morning lift-off of India’s heavy rocket nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ carrying the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is progressing smoothly, Indian space agency officials said. “The countdown began at 6.51 a.m. on Sunday,” K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told IANS. Standing at about 44 metre tall, the 640-tonne […]
Chandrayaan-2 India’s first robotic space exploration: Ex-ISRO chief
Chennai: India’s second moon mission – Chandrayaan-2 – is the country’s first step in robotic space exploration and hence more “complex” and “intricate”, Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) former Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said on Saturday. “Chandrayaan-2, with an Indian Lander-Rover (Vikram-Pragyaan) combine, is India’s first step in robotic space exploration and the mission is on […]