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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

AI in the sky: How the technology has become guiding light for satcom

As satellite-based communications for individuals and enterprises bring in a new age of connectivity, AI will be critical for managing satellites

Nations around us reached moon, we have not risen from earth: Nawaz Sharif

"We have been responsible for our own downfall, otherwise this nation would have reached a different place," he added

Biden hosts 4 NASA astronauts, 1st crew aiming to fly around moon in 50 yrs

The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, where he showed off an moon rock on display in the Oval Office that was collected in the Apollo era. The Artemis II crew three Americans and one Canadian said the president was making good on a promise to host them at the White House after they were named to the mission earlier this year. They also met with Vice President Kamala Harris. It's been really nice to shake their hands and tell them thank you for their leadership and making it possible for us to have this amazing journey," said pilot Victor Glover. The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA's Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center no earlier than late 2024. They will not land or even go into lunar orbit, but rather fly around the moon and head straight back to Earth, a prelude to a lunar landing by two others planned for a year

Isro mission to bring soil samples from Moon to Earth: All details inside

ISRO is arranging an ambitious move that will see the national space agency attempting to gather soil or rock samples from the Moon and bring these to Earth, in what will be its first such mission

TMS Ep546: Twitter paid service, mission to moon, FMCG stocks, NCLT & NCLAT

Can paid Twitter help clean up the bot mess? What will it take for an Indian to land on the moon? Is it time to bottom fish FMCG stocks? What are NCLT and NCLAT? All answers here

India to land man on Moon by 2040, set up space station by 2035: PM Modi

Private sector players see huge business opportunity through joint ecosystem with ISRO

Top Chinese scientist claims India's moon landing nowhere near south pole

On Earth, 69 degrees south would be within the Antarctic Circle, but the lunar version of the circle is much closer to the pole

Revival of Vikram, Pragyan automatic: ISRO scientist on Chandrayaan-3

Desai said that till now no signals have come and that the efforts to establish contact with the Chandrayaan-3's lander Vikram and the rover Pragyan are underway

Isro moves to wake up Chandrayaan-3 rover, lander as dawn breaks on Moon

The solar-powered modules were put to sleep on September 4 after completed Isro's main scientific objectives on the south pole of the Moon

Indians defy lunar legalities, buy Moon land after Chandrayaan-3 success

UN Outer Space Treaty Prohibits lunar land ownership, but private sellers persist

Japan launches X-ray satellite, Moon Sniper lunar lander. Details here

Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is taking a uniquely long route to the Moon and is scheduled to make a landing in four to six months

Vikram lander makes soft-landing, successfully undergoes hop test: Isro

ISRO on Monday said the Vikram lander successfully underwent a hop test when it made the soft-landing again on the lunar surface. On command it (Vikram lander) fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30 to 40 cm away, ISRO said in an update on 'X'. Noting that the Vikram lander exceeded its mission objectives, ISRO said the importance of the exercise was that this 'kick-start' enthuses future sample return and human missions. "Vikram soft-landed on the moon, again! Vikram Lander exceeded its mission objectives. It successfully underwent a hop experiment. On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30-40 cm away," ISRO said in a post. "Importance?: This 'kick-start' enthuses future sample return and human missions! All systems performed nominally and are healthy. Deployed Ramp, ChaSTE and ILSA were folded back and redeployed successfully after the experiment,"

Aditya-L1 LIVE: PM Modi, Congress congratulate Isro for successful launch

Catch all the latest updates related to the Aditya-L1 mission as it completes separation

Chandrayaan-3: Rover moved from lander, to be put to sleep, says Isro chief

Lunar mission Chandrayaan 3's rover and lander are functioning well and they would be put to "sleep" soon to withstand the night on the Moon, ISRO Chairman S Somanath said on Saturday. The lander and rover, 'Vikram' and 'Pragyaan', respectively, were still functioning and "our team with scientific instruments are doing a lot of work now," he said. "The good news is that the rover has moved almost 100 metres from the lander and we are going to start the process of making both of them sleep in the coming one or two days because they have to withstand the night," he said. The ISRO chief was addressing from the Mission Control Center here after the launch of India's maiden solar mission, Aditya L1.

Space junk on Moon will rise with future missions, but who will clean it up

With more countries landing on the Moon, people back on Earth will have to think about what happens to all the landers, waste and miscellaneous debris left on the lunar surface and in orbit

Moon done for India, over to the Sun now as Aditya lifts off successfully

ISRO on Saturday launched the country's ambitious Solar mission, Aditya L1 eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayan 3 a few days ago. As the 23.40-hour countdown concluded, the 44.4 meter tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) soared majestically at the prefixed time of 11.50 am from this spaceport, located on the Eastern coast about 135 km from Chennai. It will be PSLV's "longest flight" for about 63 minutes. According to ISRO, Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory to study the Sun. The spacecraft, after traveling about 1.5 million km from the Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1 which is considered closest to the Sun. Among others, it will send pictures of the sun for scientific experiments. According to scientists, there are five Lagrangian points (or parking areas) between the Earth and the Sun where a small object tends to stay if put there. The Lagrange Points are named after

Aditya L1 will study solar quakes as they affect geomagnetic field: IIA

Ahead of India's Aditya-L1 solar mission, a top scientist said the monitoring of the Sun on a 24-hour basis is a must to study solar quakes which can alter the geomagnetic fields of earth. The Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun is slated to be launched at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport on Saturday. Explaining the need to study the Sun, Professor and In-Charge Scientist at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Dr R Ramesh told PTI that just as there are earthquakes on Earth, there are something called solar quakes - called as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) - on the surface of the Sun. In this process, millions and millions of tons of solar materials are thrown into the interplanetary space, he said, adding these CMEs can travel at a speed of approximately 3,000 km per second. "Some of the CMEs can also be directed towards the Earth. The fastest CME can reach near Earth space in approximately 15 hours," Dr Ramesh pointed out. On why this mission was different from othe

Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan captures new snap of Vikram Lander, details inside

The ISRO on Monday posted the images of a crater that Pragyan, the rover carried by Vikram, the lander of Chandrayaan-3, experienced. There were many images shared by the Indian space agency

Chandrayaan-3 mission: Here's a list of key findings made on moon's surface

On August 30, the laser-induced breakdown spectroscope instrument onboard the Pragyan rover confirmed the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface near the South Pole