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Secret revealed:water on moon

Yamini — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:17:49 +0000

WASHINGTON: After the announcement of the path breaking discovery of presence of water molecules on the lunar surface by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on September 24.The US Space Agency NASA sent two spacecraft namely US LCROSS...

Chandrayan 1, Jinnah, Advani, and Indian Republic

Arun Kumar — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:15:05 +0000

Entire yesterday, all news channels were flashing stories about ISRO losing contact with Chandrayan 1. They saw people at ISRO depressed and almost crying. Twitter was giving me updates on ISRO’s failure on tracing the satellite. Well, the...

India's moon mission

Abdullah Khan — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:16:09 +0000

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the moon. Launched on July 16,1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’...

Chandaryaan 1, India’s unmanned moon probe launched to seek the unknown

Bharat — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:48:55 +0000

This morning, when most of India dozed off in the comfort of their cots, ISRO scientists at the PSLV slowly took us into the history books. A 44-meter, 316-ton PSLV-11 rocket carrying 1,380-kg Chandaryaan 1, the unmanned Indian lunar orbiter, was...

Mission to Moon-Our very own Chandrayaan I

Veena — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:47:45 +0000

The countdown has begun for the launch of Chandrayaan I - India’s first moon mission at Sriharikota in AP. As the launch activities were finished three hours earlier from the schedule the countdown time was set at 5.22 am on Monday. If all...

India to soon get global navigation system for ISRO, AAI

Vikas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:13:22 +0000

India will soon acquire a comprehensive global navigation satellite system to meet the requirements of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Airports Authority of India...

ISRO sets world record with 10 launches

Vinit — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:59:45 +0000

India’s PSLV-C9 has successfully injected ten satellites into orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), set up 35 years ago, may be a baby among the world’s space faring nations. But, it is competing with the other biggies...

Israel India: New Allies

Souransu — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:45:16 +0000

Indian space launch vehicle lifted off from the Sriharikota spaceport on the Indian Ocean to put into space Israel’s most sophisticated spy satellite ever launched, the Polaris. The commercial launch of Polaris by the Indian Space Research...

Indian Space Research Organisation will launch 10 Satellites on 28 April

Vikas — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:55:08 +0000

The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch ten satellites, including eight from abroad, which will be carried by PSLV-C9, on April 28 from Sriharikota. The cluster of satellites to be lifted includes the Indian satellite Cartosat-2A,...

IIT Bombay to start virtual class

Vaidehi — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:38:14 +0000

Good news for engineering students in country. If they were not able to make in IIT, still they can use the best faculties of IIT Bombay. The IIT-B and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are planning to provide live transmission of the...