Notably, India's first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, was conceived during his leadership, firmly establishing the nation in lunar exploration and yielding invaluable scientific insights.

Meanwhile, Chandrayaan-4 has been sanctioned with a cost of Rs 2,104 crore. Its goal is to collect soil samples from the Moon’s southern highlands by October 2027. Looking further ahead ...

The country is busy preparing for many important missions like Gaganyaan, SpaDeX and Chandrayaan-4. We are also working on the Venus Orbiter Mission and Mars Lander Mission,” he said.

I was also present at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru during the landing of Chandrayaan-2 in 2019. At that time Chandrayaan failed to achieve the expected success, it was a very difficult time for ...

More than five decades ago, Cosmos 482 was hurled into space. Hopes were high as the Soviet Union targeted Venus in 1972. But the mission went astray and remained trapped around Earth. Now, after ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...

ISRO organized a national meeting discussing lunar sample science related to the upcoming Chandrayaan-4 mission, aiming to bring lunar samples back to Earth. The event included 50 scientists focusing ...

During Kasturirangan's tenure as ISRO Chairman from 1994 to 2003, significant advancements were achieved, including the operationalisation of the PSLV, GSLV flight tests, and the conceptualization of ...

I had a similar feeling when I witnessed the launch of PSLV-C-23 in 2014. I was also present at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru during the landing of Chandrayaan-2 in 2019. At that time Chandrayaan ...

After a prolonged delay, ISRO has kicked off the launch campaign for its much-anticipated collaboration with US-based NASA. The mission — NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) — is likely to lift ...