India Celebrates National Space Day on August 23, Commemorating Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing and Space Achievements

India Celebrates National Space Day on August 23, Commemorating Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing and Space Achievements

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India is celebrating its inaugural National Space Day today, marking a significant milestone in the country’s space exploration journey. This day commemorates the historic event of August 23, 2023, when Chandrayaan-3 successfully made a soft landing on the Moon. With this achievement, India became the fourth nation to land on…

Chandrayaan-3 Mission’s Pragyan Rover Finds Evidence of an Ancient Magma Ocean Near Moon’s South Pole

Chandrayaan-3 Mission’s Pragyan Rover Finds Evidence of an Ancient Magma Ocean Near Moon’s South Pole

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Chandrayaan-3 mission, India’s first successful mission to have landed on the Moon, might have made a notable discovery. As per a new study, it might have found evidence of a former magma ocean near the Moon’s South Pole. This finding was achieved through the efforts of the Pragyan rover, which…

ISRO Successfully Launches Gaganyaan Test Flight Abort Mission

ISRO Successfully Launches Gaganyaan Test Flight Abort Mission

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath on Saturday announced the success of the ‘TV-D1’ (Test Vehicle Development Flight 1) in the Gaganyaan Mission. The test vehicle was launched on the second attempt after it had faced an engine ignition problem at 8:45am IST. ISRO briefly aborted the launch of…

ISRO to Conduct Key Test for Gaganyaan Space Mission in October

ISRO Launches Aditya-L1, India’s Maiden Sun Study Mission, Aboard PSLV Rocket

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Following the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency ISRO launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission, Aditya-L1. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website…

Chandrayaan-3’s ‘Pragyan’ Rover Records Natural Event on Moon’s South Pole

Chandrayaan-3’s ‘Pragyan’ Rover Records Natural Event on Moon’s South Pole

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The Indian Space and Research Organisation on Thursday said that the Pragyan Rover module of the Vikram lander has recorded a natural event on the south pole of the moon. However, the detection of its source is underway. Taking to ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter), ISRO said, “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: In-situ…

Chandrayaan-3’s ‘Pragyan’ Rover Records Natural Event on Moon’s South Pole

Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan Rover Confirms Presence of Sulphur on Moon, Search for Hydrogen Underway: ISRO

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The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope instrument onboard ‘Pragyan‘ rover of Chandrayaan-3 has unambiguously confirmed the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface near south pole, through first-ever in-situ measurements, ISRO said on Tuesday.  It also said the instrument also detected aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen, as expected….

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch From Sriharikota Port on September 2

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch From Sriharikota Port on September 2

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After the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon, ISRO on Monday announced that India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun will be launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from Sriharikota spaceport.  Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and in-situ observations of…

Chandrayaan-3’s ‘Pragyan’ Rover Records Natural Event on Moon’s South Pole

Watch: ISRO Releases Video of Chandrayaan-3’s ‘Pragyan’ Rover Rolling Down to Lunar Surface From Lander

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ISRO on Friday released a breathtaking video of the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s rover ‘Pragyan‘ rolling down from the lander ‘Vikram’ to the lunar surface as observed by the lander imager camera. “… and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface”, said the message…

Chandrayaan-3’s ‘Pragyan’ Rover Records Natural Event on Moon’s South Pole

Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan Rover Begins Walk on Moon, Confirms ISRO

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said that Pragyan Rover began its moonwalk on the lunar surface. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), ISRO said, “Chandrayaan-3 Mission. Chandrayaan-3 Rover to MOX, ISTRAC, Moon walk begins!” Earlier today ISRO also released the images of the Lander Imager Camera which captured the moon’s…