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Chandrayaan-4 to bring Moon rocks: India's Spadex mission to turn dream into reality

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Chandrayaan-4 to bring Moon rocks: India's Spadex mission to turn dream into reality

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has once again demonstrated its prowess in space exploration with the successful return of Chandrayaan-3’s propulsion module to Earth’s orbit. This remarkable feat, achieved through a series of meticulously planned and executed maneuvers, marks a significant milestone for India’s lunar exploration program. The propulsion module, initially tasked with transporting … Read more

Chandrayaan-3 | Another instrument onboard Pragyan confirms presence of sulphur

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Chandrayaan-3 | Another instrument onboard Pragyan confirms presence of sulphur

An illustration of Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan rover roaming on the lunar surface | Photo Credit: PTI The ISRO on Thursday said that another instrument onboard the Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan has confirmed the presence of Sulphur (S) in the south polar region. On August 28, the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument onboard Pragyan confirmed the presence of … Read more

Will conduct research on data sent by Chandrayaan 3, says NGRI scientist

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Will conduct research on data sent by Chandrayaan 3, says NGRI scientist

The Principal Scientist of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), P. Senthil Kumar, said on Monday that using the data sent by Chandrayaan 3, the institute will conduct research on the minerals, mud, and rocks on moon. Participating in a function at the Salem Government Arts College at Kumarasamipatti, Mr. Senthil Kumar said research was … Read more

Morning Digest | Neeraj Chopra wins India’s first gold at World Championships in javelin; Amit Shah urges police to adopt soft stance on tribal, student unrest; and more

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Morning Digest | Neeraj Chopra wins India’s first gold at World Championships in javelin; Amit Shah urges police to adopt soft stance on tribal, student unrest; and more

Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra of Team India celebrates with their gold medal on the podium after the Men’s Javelin Throw Final during day nine of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at National Athletics Centre on August 27, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Neeraj emerges the king of the javelin Olympic … Read more

Chandrayaan-3 paves the way for a megatrend in space stocks

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Chandrayaan-3 paves the way for a megatrend in space stocks

India’s pioneering achievement in Chandrayaan-3‘s successful lunar landing at the southern pole establishes it as the first nation to attain this distinction. ISRO is “The Mastermind” behind the success. It has demonstrated India’s robust space research capabilities and dynamic technological growth to the world. That’s not all, it has also paved the way for a … Read more

Morning Digest | PM Modi, President Xi call for speedy disengagement along LAC; Trump arrested in Georgia racketeering case, and more

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Morning Digest | PM Modi, President Xi call for speedy disengagement along LAC; Trump arrested in Georgia racketeering case, and more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping engage in a brief interaction at the 15th BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg on August 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Trump arrested in Georgia racketeering case Former U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail on August 24 on racketeering and conspiracy charges for … Read more

Sonia Gandhi congratulates team ISRO for success of Chandrayaan-3

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Sonia Gandhi congratulates team ISRO for success of Chandrayaan-3

Sonia Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on August 24 wrote to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath over the success of Chandrayaan-3, saying the space agency’s outstanding capabilities have been built up over decades and it being anchored on self-reliance since the early sixties has contributed to … Read more

Morning Digest | With moon now in India’s orbit, focus shifts to Pragyan rover; Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash: Russian agencies, and more

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Morning Digest | With moon now in India’s orbit, focus shifts to Pragyan rover; Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash: Russian agencies, and more

Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Russian private mercenary group Wagner. | Photo Credit: Reuters With moon now in India’s orbit, focus shifts to Pragyan rover With Vikram, the lander module of Chandrayaan-3, successfully landing on the surface of moon on Wednesday, the focus has now moved to the rover in its belly, Pragyan. Years of … Read more

ISRO may postpone soft landing on Moon to August 27 based on health of lander module: Official

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ISRO may postpone soft landing on Moon to August 27 based on health of lander module: Official

Arun Haryani, an enthusiast with his body painted in tri-colours, reacts on August 22, 2023 as he holds up a model of LVM3 M4 which was used in launching of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the eve of its moon landing. | Photo Credit: Reuters As scientists at ISRO gear up for the much-awaited soft landing of … Read more

Chandrayaan-3 | ISRO one step away from landing on Moon as Lander Module completes second deboost operation  

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Chandrayaan-3 | ISRO one step away from landing on Moon as Lander Module completes second deboost operation  

=A combination of photos of the Moon shared by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as it was taken by the Lander Imager Camera-1 shortly after the separation from the propulsion module. | Photo Credit: ANI The Lander Module of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 has completed its second and final deebost in the early hours … Read more