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Elated to witness successful launch of XPoSat, says Mallikarjun Kharge

Earlier, on Monday, Isro successfully put the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite in its desired orbit

First Indian astronaut on moon by 2040, says Isro Chairman Somanath

Four test pilots from the Indian Air Force have been selected as astronaut designates for the mission and they are undergoing mission-specific training at the ATF in Bengaluru

Isro invites innovative ideas, robotic rover designs from student community

ISRO has invited from the youth innovative ideas and designs of robotic rovers for future missions through conducting a space challenge. After the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 Vikram on the lunar surface and the exploration near the southern pole of the moon, ISRO said it is gearing up for future robotic exploration missions to the moon and other celestial bodies. The national space agency headquartered here said it is committed to creating unique opportunities for academia and industry to participate in technology development activities commensurate with organisational objectives. "In line with this vision, U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)/ISRO solicits from the youth of India, innovative ideas and designs of robotic rovers for future missions through the conduct of a space robotics challenge with an objective to provide development opportunities in space robotics to the participating entities and to leverage the creative thinking among the youth of our nation for ISRO ...

Aditya-L1 captures first high-energy X-ray glimpse of solar flares

HEL1OS was developed by the Space Astronomy Group of the UR Rao Satellite Centre of Isro in Bengaluru

Vikram lander raised lot of dust during moon landing, created halo: Isro

When the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 mission made a soft landing on the moon it raised a lot of dust that led to creation of a bright patch, called as the ejecta halo, around the spacecraft, the ISRO said on Friday. According to a research paper published in the Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, scientists at ISRO used the Orbiter High Resolution Camera (OHRC) onboard the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter to study the lunar surface hours before and after the soft-landing of Vikram lander on the moon on August 23. "During the action of descent stage thrusters and the consequent landing, a significant amount of lunar surficial epiregolith material got ejected, resulting in a reflectance anomaly or 'ejecta halo'," scientists at the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) said in the paper. They estimated that the landing event had ejected 2.09 tonnes of lunar regolith over 108.4 sqm area, the The scientists examined pre-and post-landing images of the landing site acquired from

Gaganyaan: ISRO fixes glitch as test flight lifts off successfully

Nerves gave way to smiles at the spaceport here as delays and an anomaly-triggered 'hold' forced ISRO scientists to revise the launch schedule of a test vehicle carrying payloads related to the country's ambitious human space flight mission, Gaganyaan which soared into skies after initial hiccups. Following a two hour delay and nerve-wracking moments after the engine of TV-D1 failed to ignite initially, ISRO scientists put the mission on course 75 minutes later when they launched the rocket with precision and achieved the goal of Crew Module and Crew Escape separation that was welcomed with loud cheers at the Mission Control Center here. TV D1 Mission was fully achieved, ISRO announced. The payloads later splashed into the sea as planned, a development that witnessed jubilation. Gaganyaan programme aims to send humans into space on a Low Earth Orbit of 400 km for three days and bring them safely back to the Earth. Initially slated for 8 am, the launch suffered delays twice, totali

Isro gears up for maiden human space flight with launch of test vehicle

The launch of a single-stage liquid rocket on Saturday will signal ISRO's journey towards its ambitious human space flight programme, Gaganyaan, when the first crew module test to ensure the safety of astronauts will be conducted by the space agency here. ISRO aims to send humans into space on a Low Earth Orbit of 400 km for a three-day Gaganyaan mission and bring them safely back to earth. Unlike other missions by the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency, ISRO would attempt a successful launch of its Test Vehicle (TV-D1), a single-stage liquid rocket, scheduled to lift off from the first launch pad at this spaceport at 8 am on October 21. The Test Vehicle mission with this Crew Module is a significant milestone for the overall Gaganyaan programme as a nearly complete system is integrated for a flight test. The success of this test flight would set the stage for the remaining qualification tests and unmanned missions, leading to the first Gaganyaan programme with Indian astronauts,

Isro's test flight for Gaganyaan mission on Saturday. All details here

Like with all Isro launches, the Gaganyaan test flight too will take off from the agency's Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota

Let Pragyan rover sleep peacefully now but hope is still there: Isro chief

ISRO chairman S Somnath on Thursday said Chandrayaan-3's rover Pragyan has fallen asleep on the lunar surface, but chances of it waking up from its slumber cannot be ruled out. He said the space agency is well aware of the risk involved if the rover and the lander Vikram fell asleep on the moon's surface. The objective of Chandrayaan-3 mission was soft landing, and the subsequent experiments for the next 14 days and all the required data have been collected, he noted. Somnath was speaking at the Manorama News Conclave 2023 here organised by the Malayala Manorama group. "Now it is sleeping peacefully there...Let it sleep well..Let us not disturb it...When it wants to get up on its own, it will...that's what I want to say about it right now," he said. Asked whether ISRO still hopes that the rover would come back to life, the Chairman replied, "there is reason to be hopeful." Citing reasons for his "hope", Somnath said a lander and a rover were involved in the mission. As the lander

Isro gears up for Gaganyaan mission's 1st abort test of crew escape system

ISRO plans to undertake an inflight abort test of the crew escape system by this month-end using a test vehicle developed as part of the country's ambitious maiden human spaceflight venture Gaganyaan. "Preparations are going on. All vehicle systems have reached Sriharikota (for the launch). Final assembly is progressing. We are getting ready for launch by the end of October," Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) S Unnikrishnan Nair told PTI on Thursday. "(With) this crew escape system, we will demonstrate (validate) in different conditions like high dynamic pressure and for transonic conditions," Nair added Thiruvananthapuram-based VSSC is the lead centre of ISRO under the Department of Space. An ISRO official said the crew escape system (CES) is the most important element in Gaganyaan. According to ISRO officials, this month's launch of the test vehicle TV-D1 would be the first of the four abort missions of the Gaganyaan programme. It would be followed by the second te

Chandrayaan-3 mission: All set for automatic landing sequence, says Isro

ISRO on Wednesday said it is all set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) for its ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM) to touch down on the lunar surface this evening. The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan) is scheduled to make a touch down near the south polar region of the Moon at 6:04 pm on Wednesday, a feat not achieved by any country so far. "All set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS). Awaiting the arrival of Lander Module (LM) at the designated point, around 17:44 Hrs. IST (5:44 pm)," ISRO said in a post on X. "Upon receiving the ALS command, the LM activates the throttleable engines for powered descent. The mission operations team will keep confirming the sequential execution of commands," it said. After checking all the parameters and deciding to land, ISRO will upload the required commands from its Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) facility at Byalalu near here, to the LM, a few hours before the ..

Indians in US perform havan, rituals for success of Chandrayaan-3

The members of Indian diaspora performed a havan at a temple in Virginia, US for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon

Private firm Bellatrix Aerospace's payload to fly on ISRO's PSLV on Apr 22

"Bellatrix ARKA series HET (solar electric propulsion) on board, ready for liftoff!" the company had tweeted

Isro conducts parachute tests for Gaganyaan human space flight mission

The Indian Space Research Organisation has conducted tests simulating the clustered deployment of parachutes as part of preparations for the Gaganyaan human space flight mission. ISRO carried out the 'Rail Track Rocket Sled' deployment tests of the Gaganyaan Pilot and Apex Cover Separation (ACS) parachutes in cluster configurations at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh. The first test simulated the clustered deployment of two pilot parachutes -- one parachute was subjected to a minimum angle with respect to flow conditions and the second to a maximum angle with respect to flow, the national space agency headquartered here said. "These pilot parachutes are used in the Gaganyaan mission to extract and deploy the main parachutes independently," an ISRO statement said. The second test simulated the clustered deployment of two ACS parachutes under maximum dynamic pressure conditions. The test also simulated clustered deployment at a 90-degree angle of attack

Isro successfully test fires cryogenic engine of its moon mission rocket

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it had successfully conducted the flight acceptance hot test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine

India targeting late 2024 for maiden human spaceflight launch: Govt

India's maiden human space flight mission is targeted for launch in the fourth quarter of 2024, Union Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh told Lok Sabha on Wednesday. In a written reply, Singh said that the astronaut designates for the human spaceflight had been identified and were currently undergoing their mission-specific training in Bengaluru. Singh said in view of the paramount importance of crew safety, two test vehicle missions are planned before the Gaganyaan-1' mission to demonstrate the performance of the crew escape system and parachute-based deceleration system for different flight conditions. Singh said the uncrewed G1' mission is targeted to be launched in the last quarter of 2023 followed by the second uncrewed G2' mission in the second quarter of 2024, before the final human space flight H1' mission in the fourth quarter of 2024. He said the G1' mission was aimed at validating the performance of human-rated launch vehicle, orbital module ...

As Covid restrictions ease, Isro puts in place aggressive launch timelines

Isro's move is not only motivated by lower Covid-19 cases but also by the significance of some of the projects

Gaganyaan: Human spaceflight after 2nd unmanned mission in 2023, says govt

In her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said the first unmanned launch is slated for December 2021

Human Space Programme: Isro to send first unmanned flight by this December

Under Gaganyaan mission, India plans to send three astronauts into space. They will orbit at about 400 km above the earth for five to seven days before returning

Isro chairman K Sivan gets one-year extension till January 2022

Sivan joined Isro in 1982 and was inducted into PSLV Project