The Propulsion Module (PM) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which was initially intended for lunar operations, was successfully returned to Earth's orbit by ISRO after exceeding its lunar mission objectives, demonstrating India's ability to not only launch objects to the Moon but also bring them back.
Aditya-L1 is ISRO first solar mission.
The Diamond Jubilee of India's first sounding rocket launch from Thumba in Kerala coincides with the year 2023 which saw the historic twin feats of Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 missions, said Union Minister of State for Space Jitendra Singh.
Perturbed by unnecessary controversies resulting from his yet to be published autobiography, S. Somanath, the Chiarman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has decided to withhold the formal release of the book.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday shared the onboard video of the Gaganyaan TV-D1 test vehicle that the Indian space agency launched successfully on Saturday.
The prime minister said that the successful launch of Test Vehicle Development Flight 1 has taken India a step closure to its first human space flight program
ISRO briefly aborted the launch of the first uncrewed test flight (TV-D1 Flight Test) in the Gaganyaan Mission.
Earlier, Gaganyaan Mission Test Flight Launch was put on hold after ground computers observed an anomaly. The ISRO, however, quickly resolved the issue and the test flight was launched successfully in the second attempt.
Gaganyaan Mission: The inaugural test was scheduled to take off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m.
India has set goals for its space program, with plans to send an astronaut to the moon by 2040 and establish a space station by 2035.
