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 …

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 …

Countdown to self-reliance

Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites

ISRO successfully test-fires vital engine; Mars orbiter on final lap

Why flawless functioning of the LAM engine was pivotal to ISRO’s Martian Odyssey

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

As ISRO launches Chandrayaan-3, here’s its predecessor’s story  

Chandrayaan 2 detected noble gas Argon-40 on the Moon; it also mapped a possible Lunar lobate scarp which meant that the Moon is still warm …

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

India to get real time forest fire alert system

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

MOM gears up for orbit insertion

Will India's Mars mission succeed?

ISRO has a contingency plan to salvage the mission in case the LAM engine fails

Almost half of Moon missions fail. Why is space still so hard?

India’s success came just days after a spectacular Russian failure

GSAT communication satellite costing Rs 508 crore unused for half its lifetime: CAG report

GSAT-6 was expected to last for 12 years from 2015

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

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

Mangalyaan is now in orbit of Mars

ISRO spacecraft joins three other orbiters of European Space Agency and NASA; ISRO scientists eagerly await information on the levels of methane …

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

'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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ISRO satellite images show extent of inundation

Pictures show Jhelum river in spate and an overflowing Dal lake

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

Why no debate on independence of research?

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

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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 …