Tag: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Sunita Williams Plans Visit to India, Calls It Her Father’s Home Country

Williams' father, Deepak Pandya, hails from Gujarat, while her mother, Ursuline Bonnie Pandya (née Zalokar), is of Slovenian-American descent.

April 1, 2025

ISRO Chief Announces Approval for Chandrayaan-5 Mission and Future Space Ambitions

Chandrayaan-5, set to feature a 350 kg rover, was approved just three days prior to the announcement, with collaboration between India and Japan on the mission.

March 17, 2025

ISRO Successfully Undocks Spadex Satellites, Boosting India’s Lunar Exploration Plans

Union Minister Jitendra Singh congratulated the ISRO team, calling the "unbelievable de-docking" a heartening event for every Indian.

March 13, 2025

India Aims to Become Aerospace Power by 2047: Air Chief Marshal AP Singh

The IAF has played a key role in the Gaganyaan project, India’s ambitious human spaceflight mission.

February 28, 2025

PM Modi Urges Youth to Foster Curiosity About Science by Spending ‘One Day as a Scientist’

PM Modi celebrated the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) achievement of reaching a major milestone with its 100th rocket launch.

February 23, 2025

ISRO’s EOS-06 Satellite Captures Global Phytoplankton Concentration

EOS-06, also known as Oceansat-3, is the third satellite in India’s Oceansat series, designed to enhance the capabilities of its predecessor, Oceansat-2.

February 7, 2025

ISRO Marks Milestone with 100th Launch; GSLV-F15 Successfully Places NVS-02 Satellite into Orbit

The GSLV-F15 is the 17th flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and the 11th with an indigenous cryogenic stage.

January 29, 2025

V Narayanan appointed as the new chairman of ISRO

V Narayanan will assume office on January 14. He will succeed the current ISRO chairman, S Somanath.

January 8, 2025

Ambassador Kwatra, US Deputy Secy Campbell meet Indian Astronauts, discuss space sector, defence space cooperation

In a significant development, plans were discussed to launch a jointly developed NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Earth Science (NISAR) satellite in 2025.

December 19, 2024

ISRO to launch PROBA-3 mission satellites from Sriharikota today

The PROBA-3 mission is an "In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission" by the European Space Agency (ESA).

December 4, 2024