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Meet Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla, prime astronaut for ISS mission

Group Captain Prashant Balakrishnan Nair will serve as Shukla's deputy astronaut in the mission

Ladakh chosen for India's Mars, Moon research site to boost space program

Ladakh's cold, arid desert and rocky terrain mimics Martian and Lunar landscapes, making it ideal for simulating extraterrestrial conditions

Isro, Nasa partner to send Indian 'Gaganyaatri' to ISS after August

India is preparing to send an astronaut to the International Space Station as part of a collaborative mission with Nasa and Axiom Space, Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha

Flying PM Modi to space would be a 'proud moment' for India: Isro chief

Isro chief S Somanath expressed willingness to accommodate PM Modi on a future spaceflight, highlighting the ongoing development of human spaceflight capability

Boeing stops its first astronaut launch because of Atlas rocket glitch

Boeing called off its first astronaut launch because of a valve problem on the rocket Monday night. The two NASA test pilots had just strapped into Boeing's Starliner capsule when the countdown was halted, just two hours before the planned liftoff. A United Launch Alliance engineer, Dillon Rice, said the issue involved an oxygen relief valve on the upper stage of the company's Atlas rocket. There was no immediate word on when the team would try again to launch the test pilots to the International Space Station for a week-long stay. It was the latest delay for Boeing's first crew flight, on hold for years because of capsule trouble. In a situation like this, if we see any data signature is not something that we have seen before, then we are just simply not willing to take any chances with what is our most precious payload, Rice said. Starliner's first test flight without a crew in 2019 failed to reach the space station and Boeing had to repeat the flight. Then the company encountere

Isro to have second trial flight of unmanned Gaganyaan mission today

After the airdrop test on April 24, two more uncrewed missions are slated for 2025, leading up to the manned mission by the end of the next year, pending successful operations

IAF guarding skies, making paramount contribution to space programme: Prez

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said the Indian Air Force's contribution to the nation's service is etched in "golden letters" and it is not only guarding the skies but also making a paramount contribution to the country's space programme. In her address at a ceremony held at the Hindan Air Force Station to award President's Standard and Colours to four units of the IAF, Murmu said she believed that more and more women will sign up for the force and serve the nation and emphasised that increased representation of women in the force will make it "more inclusive". She also extended her wishes to women on International Women's Day. The President is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The IAF's contribution to the nation's service in protecting the country is "etched in golden letters", she said. "It is a matter of joy that the IAF is not only guarding our skies but also making a paramount contribution to India's space programme," the President said. The President said the

Charting Indian space odyssey: Gaganyaan mission is ambitious, indigenous

The Gaganyaan mission is ambitious and indigenous. Shine Jacob explains the nuts and bolts in its planning

Gaganyaan mission: Meet the four astronaut-designates taking India to space

Gaganyaan astronauts: All of the four pilots are aged between 39-48 years and have a flying experience in the range of nearly 2,000-3,000 hours

National Defence Academy lauds announcement of Gaganyaan astronauts by PM

The NDA said that it is a matter of "immense pride" that the four astronauts selected to be part of the historic Gaganyaan Mission have all passed out from "its hallowed portals"

PM Narendra Modi reveals names of astronauts picked for Gaganyaan mission

India will become only the fourth country after the United States, Russia, and China to conduct such a mission

PM Modi reveals names of four astronaut-designates for Gaganyaan mission

Modi bestowed the 'astronaut wings' to the astronaut-designates and also reviewed the progress of the Gaganyaan mission

'Time, countdown, rocket hamara hai', says PM Modi on Gaganyaan mission

The Gaganyaan mission aims to launch a crew into space to orbit 400 km from the Earth for a three-day mission

PM to reveal names of Gaganyaan pilots, launch 3 space projects today

In preparation for the final mission, Isro is conducting a series of 'Gaganyaan' tests, including three uncrewed missions

Isro completes human rating of CE20 cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan mission

Isro has also successfully concluded acceptance tests for the flight engine designated for the first unmanned Gaganyaan (G1) mission

Female Robot 'Vyommitra' to be launched before Isro's 'Gaganyaan' mission

Woman Robot Astronaut 'Vyommitra' will fly into space ahead of ISRO's ambitious 'Gaganyaan' mission, which will be India's first human-manned space flight carrying Indian astronauts into space

Gaganyaan mission: Isro to carry out final launch in 2025, says MoS Singh

Stating that 2024 is "very important" for the 'Gaganyaan', Singh said that multiple tests will be carried out to achieve the objectives of the mission

Aditya-L1 set to reach its destination on Jan 6, says Isro chief Somnath

So far in its journey, the spacecraft has undergone four earth-bound manoeuvres and a Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvres, all successfully

Isro launches X-Ray polarimeter to obtain insights from celestial sources

The XPOSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite) is India's first dedicated polarimetry mission to study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions

Chandrayaan-3 to brain decoder, top 10 scientific achievements of 2023

Year ender 2023: Here, we look at some of these achievements, which serve as beacons of inspiration, symbolising the determination of the human spirit in the face of unprecedented challenges