Chandrayaan 2 lunar landing: Isro loses contact with lander Vikram

Lander performed as planned up to 2.1 km above the lunar surface during its descent

Space Race 2.0: Are we aliens?

There is a theory that says life could have intergalactic origin

Why does India plan to send humanoids to space?

ISRO wants to send humanoids because it wants to test its space module before they are used by humans. A humanoid with the necessary sensors …

ISRO tests Reusable Launch Vehicle- Technology Demonstrator

Reusable technology is expected to bring down costs of space missions significantly

`Student satellites are more than lab experiments'

D V A Raghava Murthy, director, Earth Observations Systems, was the project director of Small Satellite Projects at ISRO Satellite Centre between …

As the West toasted men on the moon, Algeria held a party to a post-imperial world

There are no such plans for a 50th anniversary event this year, as Algeria goes through its latest period of political unrest after almost 60 …

Space Race 2.0: Journey so far

Humans have mapped the solar system. A few probes have even gone interstellar, but beyond that we have snapshots of galaxies, quasars and black …

Cutting-edge tech at low cost behind India’s first private rocket

Down To Earth catches up with Pawan Kr Chandana, co-founder of Skyroot Aerospace, whose Vikram-S became the first privately made rocket to …

India's navigation system will not depend on US for accuracy in time

ISRO’s indigenous regional navigation positioning system will be based on the Indian clock system instead of the US

Obituary: U R Rao laid foundation for self-reliance in satellite building

The former chairman of ISRO passed away on July 24 at 85 years old

Despite PM Modi’s assurance, land degradation, desertification increasing

Some 29.7 per cent of India’s land is degraded, according to a new ISRO atlas

ISRO’s new space company gets its first order

American space rideshare company Spaceflight bought payload slot on the first commercial launch of ISRO’s newest rocket, Small Satellite …

Chandrayaan-2 in orbit, now focus on Sept 7 moon landing

The satellite will, in the next 23 days, burn its internal thrusters six times raising its height

India to get real time forest fire alert system

Forest Survey of India's new programme also tracks big fire incident

India to send manned mission to space within 40 months

This feat has only been achieved by three countries till now—the United States, Russia and China

'ISRO's nanosatellites can become a global system for navigation'

ISRO's navigation system can prove to be more accurate and economical than current ones

Where are the heroes?

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Simply Put: Spacing out Budget

Economic survey 2022: India saw 47 new space start-ups

At present, India accounts for only about 2% of global space economy

A year around the moon

India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, completed one year in orbit around the moon August 20, 2020. Space agency ISRO said it has …

ISRO has realised Sarabhai’s vision of using space technology to help the common man

Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …

Why no debate on independence of research?

There was no discussion on how promoting PPP model will affect independence of research

"ISRO has capabilities to build geostationary satellites for air quality monitoring”

Since satellite observations are limited to cloud-free regions, several countries plan to launch geostationary satellites for continuous …

Space agencies of 60 countries come together to monitor greenhouse gas emissions

Data from satellites will help keep tabs on countries’ efforts to reduce emissions in line with their climate action commitments  

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