Chandrayaan-2

"Goosebumps, Historic": Akshay Kumar to Mahesh Babu, celebs rejoice Chandrayaan 3's successful launch

Akshay Kumar retweeted his 2019 tweet in which he had hoped for a successful Chandrayaan 3 after Chandrayaan 2 couldn't land properly on the moon. Landing on the moon is expected on August 23rd at around 5.47 pm IST.

Jul 14, 2023

Chandrayaan-3: India's moon lander clears key tests successfully in Bengaluru

The moon lander part of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, successfully underwent the EMI-EMC (Electro-Magnetic Interference/ Electro-Magnetic Compatibility) test recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Sunday.

Feb 20, 2023

'44 spacecraft, 42 launch vehicle missions since 2014'

A total of 44 spacecraft missions, 42 launch vehicle missions and 5 technology demonstrators, have been successfully realized, since 2014, till date, officials said on Saturday.

Dec 31, 2022

India's Chandrayaan-2 avoids collision with NASA's moon orbiter [details]

For the first time in its space exploration mission, an evasive measure was carried out recently to avoid the collision between Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter and US' Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

Nov 18, 2021

India to attempt going back to the Moon with Chandrayan-3 Lunar Lander

ISRO Chairman K Sivan had earlier stated that the configuration of Chandrayaan-3 will be similar to Chandrayaan-II, adding that Chandrayan-II was the most complex mission that ISRO had attempted.

Mar 5, 2020

Our orbiter located crashed Vikram lander first, says ISRO chief K Sivan

A senior official of the Indian space agency had also wondered on Tuesday if the image released was really of the debris of Indian moon lander Vikram.

Dec 4, 2019

Fact Check: Congress recalls 11 years of Chandrayaan-I, posts picture of Apollo 11 Mission instead

The Congress party decided to take a trip down the memory lane remembering the Chandrayaan-I mission by tweeting an image of Apollo 11 Mission.

Oct 22, 2019

Will NASA have answers on Vikram lander?

A NASA official had earlier told in New York that on October 14, its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) would fly over the site, where Vikram might have landed.

Oct 15, 2019

ISRO needs to find Vikram's fate on Moon: US space expert

Though ISRO has set up a national committee of experts to find what went wrong with Vikram to lose communication link with it in the last minute, it is yet to confirm its fate on the lunar surface near the South Pole in hostile conditions.

Oct 5, 2019

NASA releases high resolution lunar site images, says didn't locate Vikram lander

NASA stated that Vikram had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands is yet to be determined.

Sep 27, 2019

Search for Vikram on; NASA scientists analyse lunar images from orbiter

Vikram lost contact with the ISRO after it was launched by the Chandraayan 2 moon orbiter to touch down in the area of the moon's south pole on September 6.

Sep 19, 2019

Beyond Earth: Man's relentless pursuits to delve into the unknown

India's space agency ISRO has been garnering enormous accolades in the news spectrum recently.

Sep 12, 2019

'Brainless Veena Malik is another Rakhi Sawant from Pakistan' - Mahika Sharma slams her for mocking Chandrayaan 2

Veena Malik, who was a part of Bigg Boss 4 and rose to fame with Indian shows, made multiple tweets, ridiculing India and the recent Chandrayaan 2 mission.

Sep 10, 2019

Pakistani minister makes fool of himself, accuses India of threatening Sri Lankan cricketers to not tour Pakistan

The minister claimed he got information that India told Sri Lankan players that if they go to Pakistan, they will not be allowed in IPL.

Sep 10, 2019

Pakistani astronaut lauds India's Moon mission; calls it 'giant leap' for South Asia

Salim said that she congratulated the attempt and this was a 'giant leap' for South Asia in a statement to Scientia.

Sep 9, 2019

India can set up base on Moon in 10 years to get Helium-3 to Earth, says ex-DRDO scientist

Pillai believes that India will be able to establish a base on the surface of the Moon in the next ten years for extraction of Helium-3.

Sep 9, 2019

Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram intact in one piece, not broken, confirms ISRO

The Vikram lander that houses the six-wheeled rover Pragyaan, hit the lunar surface after communication with the ground-stations was lost during its final descent, just 2.1 km above the lunar surface.

Sep 9, 2019

ISRO locates Vikram lander on the lunar surface; yet to establish contact

The space agency is yet to establish communication with the Vikram lander that was located with the help of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.

Sep 8, 2019

Chinese rover Yutu-2 continues exploring Moon as India awaits Vikram signals

The Yutu-2 rover taken to the Moon's far side by Chang'e 4 lander has covered nearly 285 meters since its release on the lunar surface on January 3.

Sep 7, 2019

Twitterati slam Pakistanis for trolling Chandrayaan-2 moon mission

While thousands congratulated ISRO for its hard work and #ProudOfISRO trending on Twitter, many users majorly from Pakistan trolled the Indian space mission as a 'failure'.

Sep 7, 2019