Tag: Moon
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Despite cloud cover in Delhi, PM Modi manages to catch glimpse of solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, totally or partly obscuring the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
December 26, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2: NASA locates Vikram lander’s debris on moon surface
NASA in its statement said, 'Despite the loss, getting that close to the surface was an amazing achievement'.
December 3, 2019 -
ISRO may attempt landing Chandrayaan 3 next year: Reports
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, 2019 -
ISRO’s experience, knowledge, technical prowess for soft landing in near future: K Sivan on Chandrayaan-2
He said a large number of advance satellite launches are planned in the coming months.
November 2, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2: ‘ISRO needs to find lander Vikram’s fate on moon’, says NASA expert
Noting that ISRO scientists have not given up on contacting the lander nearly a month after they lost contact with it in the early hours of September 7, Devereaux said they need to scan the data they got from it till the link snapped.
October 5, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2: Experts panel analysing cause of lander Vikram’s failure
The ISRO statement is silent on the members of the national committee of academicians, the committee chief and the time frame by which their report will be shared with the nation.
September 20, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander in ‘single piece’, but tilted after hard landing on moon: ISRO
India’s ambitious lunar mission faltered in the last leg on Saturday as Vikram lander lost its connection with the ISRO.
September 9, 2019 -
‘Don’t be disheartened’: Leaders laud ISRO efforts after Chandrayaan-2 lander loses contact
President Ram Nath Kovind praised the 'exemplary courage and commitment' of ISRO and said that the country was proud of it.
September 7, 2019 -
India stands with you, best yet to come: PM Modi to ISRO scientists after Chandrayaan-2 heartbreak
PM Modi, who met K Sivan at the ISRO Centre in Bengaluru, hugged and consoled the ISRO Chief after he broke down.
September 7, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2: Lander performs 2nd manoeuvre for 4 sec
The next de-orbiting manoeuvre is scheduled on September 04, 2019 between 0330 - 0430 hrs IST, according to ISRO.
September 3, 2019 -
ISRO releases first set of earth pictures captured by Chandrayaan-2
The mission comes 11 years after Isro successfully launched Chandrayaan-1 in, October 2008.
August 4, 2019 -
India’s historic moon mission spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 successfully lifts off
The 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, 2019 -
Week after aborted launch, Chandrayaan-2 to lift off on July 22: ISRO
The announcement comes a day after the fault in the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) was rectified.
July 18, 2019 -
GSLV rocket snag rectified, Chandrayaan-2 may lift-off next week: ISRO officials
India’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, 2019 -
India’s moon mission Chandrayaan-2 aborted after ‘technical snag’ in GSLV-Mk III rocket
The 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, 2019 -
ISRO gears up for Chandrayaan-2 launch on July 15; spacecraft to land on Moon in 2 months
A 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, 2019 -
Remembering a remarkable achievement
Our mobile phones pack more punch today than the computer on board Apollo 11, 50 years ago. So how did we make the Moon landing in 1969?
July 10, 2019