On September 7, ISRO attempted a soft landing of Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram on the unchartered lunar south pole, before losing contact.
November 14, 2019President Ram Nath Kovind praised the 'exemplary courage and commitment' of ISRO and said that the country was proud of it.
September 7, 2019PM Modi, who met K Sivan at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru, hugged and consoled the ISRO Chief after he broke down.
September 7, 2019After the announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi patted the ISRO chief on his back and told the scientists that 'what you have done (already) is not a small achievement'.
September 7, 2019In a significant step for India’s moon mission, Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully placed in the moon’s orbit on August 20 in a nerve-wracking manoeuvre.
August 22, 2019The precise lunar orbit insertion manoeuvre was carried out at 9 am for about 30 minutes and Chandrayaan-2 was precisely inserted in the defined orbit, ISRO chief K Sivan told the media.
August 20, 2019Chandrayaan-2, India’s second moon mission spacecraft, lifted off successfully onboard the 'Bahubali' rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh on July 22.
August 20, 2019The rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 was originally scheduled to lift off on July 15 early morning but was aborted after a 'technical snag' was observed in it.
July 22, 2019The announcement comes a day after the fault in the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) was rectified.
July 18, 2019India’s ambitious mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2, was aborted after a 'technical snag' was observed in the launch vehicle system early on Monday.
July 17, 2019The Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission was a prestigious one as it aimed to make India as the fourth nation in the world to land and ride on the moon after the US, Russia and China.
July 15, 2019A good measure of women's power is powering India's Rs 978 crore second moon mission with the Project Director and the Mission Director also being women.
July 13, 2019Earlier on Wednesday, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Dr K Sivan, while addressing a press conference had said that the Indian space agency will launch its Chandrayaan 2 Mission to the Moon on 15 July.
June 13, 2019Nasa's grand vision for the future notwithstanding, the best prospect for life on the Moon is if we put it there ourselves.
August 29, 2018India's first lunar probe – the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft – which was considered lost, is still orbiting the Moon, NASA scientists have found by using a new ground-based radar technique. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched on October 22, 2008. Now, scientists …
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March 10, 2017India's first lunar probe – the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft – which was considered lost, is still orbiting the Moon, NASA scientists have found by using a new ground-based radar technique. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched on October 22, 2008. Now, scientists …
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March 10, 2017