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National Science Day: Govt push to popularise space science, tech among students
On August 23, council school students will learn about India's space achievements on National Space Day, featuring activities, workshops, and a special video on Chandrayaan.
Updated on Aug 22, 2024 10:04 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander now serving as Moon's South Pole location marker
NASA confirms successful experiment with Chandrayaan 3 Vikram lander in accurately locating targets on the moon's surface
Updated on Jan 19, 2024 05:14 PM IST
Chandrayaan 3's giant leap: Nuclear energy fuels propulsion module orbiting moon
Chandrayaan 3's propulsion module is powered by a Radioisotope Heating Unit (RHU) that uses nuclear energy for power generation.
Updated on Nov 01, 2023 04:29 PM IST
Singh Rahul Sunilkumar | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
ISRO chief meets late MS Swaminathan's family: ‘His passion.. drives all of us’
ISRO chief Somanath said that he had the opportunity to meet Swaminathan earlier when he was "very active".
Published on Oct 15, 2023 10:21 PM IST
ANI |
Isro to wait 14 more days for Pragyaan, Vikram signals
Scientists are hoping that as temperatures rise on the Moon, the possibility of revival will also go up.
Updated on Sep 24, 2023 05:01 AM IST
Soumya Pillai, New Delhi
Isro continues efforts to establish contact with Chandrayaan-3
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists are continuing their efforts to re-establish communication with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Despite not receiving any signals so far, ISRO is persisting in its attempts to revive the lander and rover. The revival attempt aims to extend the mission's objectives and collect more data. The batteries on the equipment were left charged before being put to sleep, and if the revival is successful, the rover will resume movement and the lander will collect data once again.
Updated on Sep 23, 2023 12:38 AM IST
ISRO tries to establish contact with Chandrayaan-3 lander, rover; no signal yet
The space research organisation also said that efforts to establish contact will continue.
Updated on Sep 22, 2023 08:45 PM IST
Reactivation of Chandrayaan-3 lander, rover deferred by a day
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) earlier planned to reactivate the lander and rover on Friday evening.
Updated on Sep 22, 2023 04:41 PM IST
Vikram Lander to wake up today? What we know about Phase-2 of Chandrayaan-3
ISRO prepares for Phase 2 of the Chandrayaan-3 mission as Vikram Lander and Pragyan rover await awakening on the Moon.
Published on Sep 22, 2023 07:54 AM IST
ISRO aims to revive lander, rover during lunar sunrise
The Isro chairman, said that they are hoping when the sun rises on the Shivshakti Point, where lander & rover are parked, the equipment will come back to life.
Updated on Sep 21, 2023 05:24 AM IST
Vikram pulls off a lunar hop before entering sleep mode
Vikram lander, part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, successfully completed a "hop" on the lunar surface.
Updated on Sep 05, 2023 01:36 AM IST
Soumya Pillai, New Delhi
Chandrayaan 3: After Pragyan Rover, ISRO sets Vikram Lander into ‘sleep mode’
Chandrayaan 3 landed near the Moon's south pole on August 23. It has achieved all its primary objectives.
Published on Sep 04, 2023 02:46 PM IST
Chandrayaan 3: Why did ISRO soft land Vikram Lander again? Explained
Chandrayaan 3 latest updates: ISRO successfully lands Vikram Lander on the Moon again. Here's why the Indian space agency did soft-landing for the second time.
Published on Sep 04, 2023 12:09 PM IST
Singh Rahul Sunilkumar | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
ISRO Chief Somanath gets adorable gift: Vikram Lander model from young neighbour
ISRO receives widespread support after successful space missions. Young boy presents handcrafted model of Vikram lander to ISRO Chief.
Published on Sep 02, 2023 04:41 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3 takes seismic readings from lunar surface
India’s lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-3, took its first seismic readings on the moon, detecting the mild rumble of not just the rover and other scientific instruments probing the surface of the moon but also what appeared to be a “natural event” now under investigation.
Updated on Sep 01, 2023 12:18 AM IST
Soumya Pillai, New Delhi
The man who built a satellite in a shed
Let us shift our attention away from the lander to Chandrayaan-3, the satellite that carried it there, and to the story of India’s satellite dream, which began in 1972 in six rough industrial sheds outside Bengaluru
Updated on Aug 29, 2023 02:15 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3: Two of three objectives achieved. What next? ‘Moonwalk’ so far
Chandrayaan-3 Updates: ISRO said Pragyan rover has traversed a distance of eight metres on Moon's surface, and its payloads have been turned on.
Updated on Aug 27, 2023 06:45 AM IST
US astrophotographer captures ‘detailed’ pic of moon's south pole
Since being posted on Friday, the X post has garnered over 1.91 lakh views and over 4,580 likes.
Published on Aug 26, 2023 11:00 PM IST
ISRO releases first images of Pragyan rover rolling out
Officials confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet ISRO chief S Somanath and the team of Chandrayaan-3 scientists on Saturday, soon after returning from Athens in Greece.
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 06:02 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3: As dust settles, Pragyan rover prepares to explore Moon
India's space agency, ISRO, has successfully landed its Vikram lander on the moon's south pole, making it the first craft to achieve this feat.
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 05:09 AM IST
Soumya Pillai, Bengaluru
Lessons from 2019 play out in 18 mins
Isro chief S Somanath said scientists working on Chandrayaan-3 spent years analysing each contingency and rectifying the errors of Chandrayaan-2
Updated on Aug 24, 2023 05:40 PM IST
Weird Science | How the Moon has fascinated humanity
Vikram's landing on the Moon's south pole is just one of many firsts, as mysteries about the Moon's formation remain
Updated on Aug 24, 2023 10:07 AM IST
Jeff Bezos wishes India 'good luck' before Chandrayaan-3 landing
Jeff Bezos reshared ISRO's post on Instagram Threads and shared a post related to India's moon mission.
Updated on Aug 23, 2023 07:28 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
Chandrayaan 2: After Nasa shares Vikram lander’s image, Isro chief K Sivan claims ‘our own orbiter had located it’
Nasa on Tuesday said its satellite orbiting the Moon has found Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-2 which crashed on the lunar surface in September. The US space agency also released an image showing the impact site of the lander.
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 02:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘Was hooked’: Chennai techie spent 45 sleepless nights to spot Vikram lander
Those sleepless nights appeared to pay off in early October when Subramanian spotted what he believed was the debris. He tweeted about it and mailed his suspicions to NASA and the Indian Space Research Agency.
Updated on Dec 03, 2019 05:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | M Manikandan
IPL 2020: ‘Could NASA help us...’ - RCB makes hilarious plea to team which located Vikram Lander
IPL 2020: The site was located by Shanmuga Subramanian, who on his own, scoured the pictures taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbital Camera (LROC), NASA and Arizona State University announced on Monday confirming the find.
Updated on Dec 03, 2019 04:41 PM IST
Bengaluru | Indo Asian News Service
Chennai techie Shanmuga Subramanian helps NASA locate Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander, Anand Mahindra tweets about him
Chennai techie Shanmuga Subramanian located the debris of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander.
Updated on Dec 03, 2019 03:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Trisha Sengupta
News updates from Hindustan Times at 1pm: Chennai techie explains how he spotted Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander and all the latest news at this hour
Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion at 1pm. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.
Updated on Dec 03, 2019 12:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
‘I found a tiny dot’: Chennai techie explains how he spotted Vikram lander
Nasa made the announcement of the Vikram lander discovery on Tuesday morning and released an image taken by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on November 11 showing the landing site.
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 01:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Nasa finds Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram with help of Indian engineer
Nasa’s orbiter had captured the first set of images of the landing site of Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander on September 17, when it was lunar dusk in the region. Scientists from the LRO camera team had said that they were unable to identify the Vikram lander because of the long shadows in the region during dusk.
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 01:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anonna Dutt
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