Gaganyaan Astronauts Finish First Phase of Training for ISRO-NASA Joint Mission

Gaganyaan Astronauts Finish First Phase of Training for ISRO-NASA Joint Mission

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The first phase of astronaut training for India’s Gaganyaan mission, a collaborative effort between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA, has been successfully completed. ISRO announced this milestone in an official statment, which confirmed that Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the primary crew member, and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launches THE ISRO GSAT-20 Satellite

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launches THE ISRO GSAT-20 Satellite

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) GSAT-20, a sophisticated communication satellite, on November 19. The mission took place at 12:01 am from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellite, weighing 4,700kg, was deployed into geosynchronous transfer orbit after a 34-minute…

Aditya-L1 Solar Mission Reveals First Significant Findings on Solar Eruptions

Aditya-L1 Solar Mission Reveals First Significant Findings on Solar Eruptions

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Indian scientists have achieved an important milestone in solar research, reporting the first major findings from the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) aboard India’s Aditya-L1 mission. The solar mission, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in September 2023, is India’s first dedicated solar observation project positioned at the…

NISAR Mission 2025: NASA and ISRO Join Forces to Monitor Earth’s Ecosystems and Surface Changes

NISAR Mission 2025: NASA and ISRO Join Forces to Monitor Earth’s Ecosystems and Surface Changes

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NASA and ISRO have come together for an ambitious mission set to change how we observe Earth’s ecosystems and landscapes. The NISAR Mission, short for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, will provide important data on things like biomass, sea level changes, natural disasters and groundwater levels. This satellite will orbit our…

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…

NASA to Provide Advanced Training to Indian Astronauts for Joint Mission to ISS, US Envoy Says

NASA to Provide Advanced Training to Indian Astronauts for Joint Mission to ISS, US Envoy Says

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NASA will soon provide advanced training to Indian astronauts to send a joint mission to the International Space Station this year or shortly thereafter, US envoy to India Eric Garcetti has said. Garcetti made these remarks while speaking at the “US-India Commercial Space Conference: Unlocking Opportunities for US & Indian…

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Solar Mission Reaches Destination Within Four-Month Timeframe

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Solar Mission Reaches Destination Within Four-Month Timeframe

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The Indian Space Research Organisation’s inaugural solar mission, Aditya-L1, has reached its destination within the anticipated four-month timeframe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Launched on September 2 last year, the spacecraft positioned itself at Lagrange Point 1, from where it will undertake a comprehensive study of the Sun,…

ISRO Set to Place Aditya-L1 Spacecraft in Final Destination Orbit: All You Need to Know

ISRO Set to Place Aditya-L1 Spacecraft in Final Destination Orbit: All You Need to Know

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ISRO will perform the final manoeuvre on Saturday to inject Aditya-L1 spacecraft — the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun — into its final destination orbit, some 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth. According to ISRO officials, the spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrange…

NASA to Provide Advanced Training to Indian Astronauts for Joint Mission to ISS, US Envoy Says

NASA-ISRO Working Together to Make India’s Space Station, Launch NISAR in 2024

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Stepping up collaboration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday said the US was open to helping India build its own space station.  On a visit to India, Nelson said the US and India were working on plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space…