NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is planning to send a rotocopter to Mars, along the lines of Nasa’s Ingenuity quadcopter that recently completed its unprecedented three-year mission during which it completed 72 flights. Isro’s rotorcraft is still in the conceptual stage. It might carry several instruments, including temperature sensor, humidity sensor, pressure … Read more
NEW DELHI: Isro is all set to welcome the new year with new launches. Their PSLV-C58 mission is set to launch the XPoSat Satellite into an eastward low inclination orbit at 9:10 IST on Monday, marking the commencement of the new calendar year 2024 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.XPoSat holds the distinction … Read more
BENGALURU: Just weeks after the PMO made India’s space roadmap public in October, Isro appears confident of building the first unit of the space station in just five years. In fact, Isro, whose roadmap for 2047 — 100 years of Indian Independence — has multiple lunar missions planned, is also planning to eventually offer Moon … Read more
BENGALURU: Showing that India can not only send objects to the Moon but also bring them back, ISRO has successfully returned the Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module (PM), initially intended for lunar operations, to Earth‘s orbit after surpassing its lunar mission objectives.This marks another achievement, following the lunar hop by Vikram (lander), showcasing the capability of reigniting … Read more
NEW DELHI: The lander module of Chandrayaan-3 sent the first set of visuals of the Moon captured by the cameras positioned on the Vikram lander after its separation from the propulsion module. The integrated module had earlier sent some photos of the Moon’s surface soon after it reached the lunar orbit.The images, released by Isro … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the Kerala high court order granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former Director General of Police (DGP), in a case of alleged frame-up of scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO espionage matter. A bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar remanded … Read more