India’s Mangalyaan set to reach Mars' orbit in 100 days

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) completes 70 per cent of space journey, NASA’s MAVEN also to reach Mars about the same time

ISRO launches record 104 satellites in one go: some facts you must know

Cartosat-2 Series, the primary satellite, will provide remote sensing services that will be useful for creating land use maps, distribution of …

A new awakening

When India launches its maiden Aditya-1 Mission, it will further illuminate our understanding of the sun

Indian Space Research Organisation’s maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1 reaches its destination

The mission to study the sun is among a slate of projects ISRO has lined up through the year

Has ISRO found its humanoid for space travel?

If India's space agency has a bot ready, why are its scientists scouting for another

NASA's Maven reaches Mars

The spacecraft will study the planet’s atmosphere for the next 10 months

Common man's access to space

Small satellites are providing cost-effective and reliable means of space exploration

Comet Siding Spring flies past Mars; Mangalyaan safe

ISRO had repositioned Mangalyaan to avoid any collision with the comet

Mars Orbiter Mangalyaan spots satellite Phobos, sends pictures

Phobos along with the Mars' another natural satellite Deimos was discovered in 1877

ISRO's PSLV-C42 launches 2 foreign satellites

Both satellites belong to Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, UK, which has a contract with ISRO

India can play leading role in global future space explorations: Rakesh Sharma

He emphasised on the importance of Indian space programme and the role it has played in the last few decades in different sectors

One small step for humankind as India becomes 1st nation to soft land on lunar south pole

 Vikram Lander lands safely on surface of the lunar south pole at 6 pm IST  

ISRO’s K Radhakrishnan is one of world’s top 10 scientists of 2014

Other winners include Rosetta flight director Andrea Accomazzo and deceased Ebola expert Sheik Humarr Khan

Miles to go

Despite achievements, India's space programme is still struggling with projects targeting rural India, finds out T V JAYAN

India launches fifth navigation satellite IRNSS-1E

The launch takes us closer to developing a home-grown global positioning system

India's Mangalyaan is halfway to Mars

Course correction procedure scheduled in April cancelled as the Mars orbiter is already on the right path, says ISRO

Space Race 2.0: ISRO now stands at the cusp of next change

The next step involves sending humans to space and responding to the changing dynamics of global space business

Space Race 2.0: Why go beyond the Earth?

The urge to look towards the sky stems from an intrinsic human curiosity emanating out of not just scientific but also existential queries

Indo-US satellite NISAR to study Earth’s cryospheric changes, will help in natural resource, hazard management

The satellite's all-weather capability is particularly beneficial for monitoring regions like the Himalayas, where cloud cover can hinder data …

First hurdle in Mars mission

Fourth orbit-raising falls short of target

Desertification in India: Mining monstrous for Goa, but urbanisation digs a bigger hole

Lack of planning has potential of becoming the biggest degrader of land in Goa

Threatened mangroves

Space Race 2.0: Are we ready to stay in outer space?

Habitation designs and technologies are almost ready to make life possible on other planets

Satellite to monitor methane emissions not in pipeline, but will be happy to build one: ISRO

ISRO to have a busy year with missions to the sun and moon as well as unmanned spaceflight

Land degradation in India hurts farmers and forest dwellers the most

More than half of the degraded land in the country is either rainfed farmland, responsible for the food security of the country, or forest land …