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ISRO Successfully Launches Gaganyaan Test Flight Abort Mission

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[ad_1] Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath on Saturday announced the success of the ‘TV-D1’ (Test Vehicle Development Flight 1) in the Gaganyaan Mission. The test vehicle was launched on the second attempt after it had faced an engine ignition problem at 8:45am IST. ISRO briefly aborted the launch of the first uncrewed test … Read more

ISRO to Conduct Key Test for Gaganyaan Space Mission in October

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[ad_1] India is set to conduct a key test in its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan as early as next month, the project director of the mission R Hutton told Reuters. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is currently training four astronauts and looking to expand the cohort as it aims for more future manned missions, Hutton … Read more

Japan ‘Moon Sniper’ SLIM Lunar Spacecraft Launched Into Space Two Weeks After Chandryaan-3 Moon Landing

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[ad_1] Japan launched its lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, hoping to become the world’s fifth country to land on the Moon early next year. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the rocket took off from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan as planned and successfully released the Smart Lander for … Read more

Chandrayaan-3 Lander Photographed on Moon’s Surface by NASA’s LRO Spacecraft: See Pictures

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[ad_1] The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) of the American space agency NASA has captured an image of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site. The spacecraft is currently near the moon’s south pole since its successful soft landing on August 23. The Chandrayaan-3 landing site is located about 600 kilometers from the Moon’s South Pole. The camera attached … Read more

ISRO Launches Aditya-L1, India’s Maiden Sun Study Mission, Aboard PSLV Rocket

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[ad_1] Following the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency ISRO launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission, Aditya-L1. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website showed.  The broadcast was … Read more

Chandrayaan-3’s ‘Pragyan’ Rover Records Natural Event on Moon’s South Pole

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[ad_1] The Indian Space and Research Organisation on Thursday said that the Pragyan Rover module of the Vikram lander has recorded a natural event on the south pole of the moon. However, the detection of its source is underway. Taking to ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter), ISRO said, “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: In-situ Scientific Experiments Instrumenhttps://www.gadgets360.com/tags/moont for … Read more

Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan Rover Confirms Presence of Sulphur on Moon, Search for Hydrogen Underway: ISRO

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[ad_1] The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope instrument onboard ‘Pragyan‘ rover of Chandrayaan-3 has unambiguously confirmed the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface near south pole, through first-ever in-situ measurements, ISRO said on Tuesday.  It also said the instrument also detected aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen, as expected. “The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy … Read more

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch From Sriharikota Port on September 2

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[ad_1] After the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon, ISRO on Monday announced that India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun will be launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from Sriharikota spaceport.  Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and in-situ observations of the solar wind at … Read more