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26 Aug

Chandrayaan-3 mission: Space technology will catapult India as a developed nation by 2047, says PM Modi

Bengaluru, Aug 26, With the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission, India will emerge as a global leader in space technology and giant strides in the field will help the country emerge as a modern, developed nation by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday. The Prime Minister was addressing the gathering of scientists at the Command Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bengaluru in a programme organized against the backdrop of the Chandrayaan-3 mission success. “You have the people's trust and blessings of mother earth to carry out this mission,” he said, referring to the scientists…

26 Aug

Chandrayaan-3 landing point to be known as ‘Shiv Shakti Point’, says PM

Bengaluru, Aug 26, The landing point of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission would be known as “Shiv Shakti Point”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at ISRO here on Saturday. While the Chandrayaan-2 landing failure spot will be called “Tiranga point", the day of touchdown of the Vikram Lander on the Moon (August 23) will be celebrated as the “National Space Day” in the country, he added. Prime Minister Modi made the announcements while addressing the gathering of scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at the ISRO Command Centre. “India has decided to name the touchdown point where Vikram Lander made…

24 Aug

Bill Gates, Satya Nadella congratulate ISRO on Chandrayaan-3 success

New Delhi, Aug 24, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the scientists on successfully landing Chandrayaan-3 at the South Pole of the moon. "Moonshots work! Congratulations to @narendramodi, @ISRO, and the Indian scientists for the first successful landing at the South Pole of the Moon," Gates posted on X (formerly Twitter). India became the first nation to make a successful landing on the moon's South Poll. Along with Gates, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella also congratulated ISRO on successfully landing the spacecraft, describing it as an exciting moment…

22 Aug

Chandrayaan-3: Nation gearing up for Rs 600 crore mission’s ’19 minutes of terror’

Chennai, Aug 22, Suspense and excitement are building up across the nation as India will be attempting to soft land its lander on the moon on Wednesday evening. The Rs 600 crore Chandrayaan-3 mission is all set to provide the 19 minutes of terror, suspense and excitement for the officials of Indian space agency and others as the lander that was carried by Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft will start its descent towards the lunar soil. It may be recalled that the Vikram lander that was part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission a couple of years back crashed on the moon while it was…

21 Aug

Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon

Moscow, Aug 20, Russia's space agency Roscosmos has said that its Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it ran into "unspecified trouble", the media reported on Sunday. While entering a pre-landing orbit, the spacecraft ran into unspecified issues and "spun into an uncontrolled orbit", reports Mirror. Earlier, the spacecraft encountered an "abnormal situation" as it was preparing to transfer to its pre-landing orbit to the moon. "During the operation an emergency occurred on the space probe that did not allow it to perform the manoeuvre in accordance with the required parameters," Roscosmos said in a statement on Saturday. The…

16 Aug

Chandrayaan-3 moves closer to moon, lander to separate tomorrow

Chennai, Aug 16, Moving India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft closer to the moon on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the lander module is slated for separation from the propulsion module on Thursday. “Today’s successful firing, needed for a short duration, has put Chandrayaan-3 into an orbit of 153 km x 163 km, as intended. With this, the lunar bound maneuvres are completed. It’s time for preparations as the Propulsion Module and the Lander Module gear up for their separate journeys. Separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module is planned for August 17, 2023,” the space agency said…

09 Aug

Chandrayaan 3: Vikram can make soft-landing on Moon’s surface even with engine failure, says ISRO chief

Bengaluru, Aug 9, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S. Somanath on Tuesday said that Vikram, the lander of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, is due to make a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on August 23 and will do this even in case of engine failure. Participating in a talk on "Chandrayaan-3: Bharat’s Pride Space Mission" organised by NGO Disha Bharat, he maintained that the soft landing will be ensured even if all the sensors and two of its engines fail to work. The biggest challenge before the ISRO team is to make a horizontal Vikram…

01 Aug

Chandrayaan-3: Next stop Moon with successful insertion into TransLunar orbit

Chennai, Aug 1, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday successfully injected the Chandrayaan 3 -- spacecraft to the moon -- into the TransLunar orbit, an official said. "Chandrayaan-3 completes its orbits around the earth and heads towards the moon. A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit. Next stop: the Moon. As it arrives at the moon, the Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) is planned for August 5, 2023," ISRO tweeted. Translunar orbit injection is the process whereby the moon-bound spacecraft is put into a trajectory so that it can reach the moon. The…

14 Jul

Students build critical motor for ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission

New Delhi, July 14, As the countdown for the launch of India's third mission to the moon -- Chandrayaan-3 -- progressed smoothly with millions of people waiting with bated breath, a team of students has built a critical motor for the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) indigenous spacecraft to the moon. ISRO had entrusted the creation of a variety of motors for its space mission to the Sona College of Technology's SonaSPEED team in Salem, Tamil Nadu. The space agency finally picked up a stepper motor created for use in the Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM 3) to launch Chandrayaan-3. For…

13 Jul

Countdown for India’s third moon mission to begin shortly

Chennai, July 13, The countdown for the July 14 afternoon launch of India’s third shot at the moon-Chandrayaan-3- will begin at 1.05 p.m. on Thursday, said a senior official of the Indian space agency. “The countdown for the Chandrayaan-3 will begin at 1.05 p.m. today (Thursday),” a senior official of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told IANS. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft will be carried by India's heavy lift rocket the 642 ton LVM3. At 2.35 p.m. on July 14, the three stage LVM3 rocket will blast off from the second launch pad at Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh. During the…