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Topic: Chandrayaan-3

ISRO awarded Leif Erikson Lunar Prize for its Chandrayaan-3, India’s 3rd mission to the Moon

The award, given by the Exploration Museum in Husavik, Iceland, celebrates the first soft-landing of a spacecraft near the Lunar South Pole.

Oscar win, World Cup, Uttarkashi rescue — 10 events that brought Indians together in 2023

2023 was a momentous year for India. The country took great strides in science, cinema, sports and diplomacy.

Ice Age ‘writing system’ to ‘zombie worm’ — 10 biggest science headlines of 2023

While 2023 marked the year India landed on the Moon and sent off its first space-based mission to study the Sun, there was a lot of exciting stuff happening in other fields of science as well.

ISRO brings back Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to Earth’s orbit in a ‘unique experiment’

The objective behind the propulsion module was to ferry the lander module from the Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) to the final lunar polar circular orbit and separate the lander.

India, US, UAE & Israel announce joint space venture to tackle environment issues, climate change

Venture launched by I2U2 group comprising the 4 countries & aims to use their combined data and capabilities to create space-based tool for policymakers, institutions and entrepreneurs.

‘No signals received,’ says ISRO as space agency tries to wake up moon mission’s lander, rover

The solar-powered Vikram and Pragyan were put to sleep on 4 September after working on the lunar surface for one moon day or 14 earth days.

Fairly good chance that Vikram & Pragyan will wake up on moon, says former ISRO chief

Though it has already declared the mission a success, ISRO will try to establish communication with the two modules on 21 and 22 September.

‘No science without sanskar’ — Rajnath slams Oppn’s ‘pseudoscience’ jibe in Chandrayaan-3 discussion

Anyone saying culture & science can’t go together understands neither, he says during a debate. Opposition, however, says Chandrayaan-3’s success ‘doesn’t belong to one individual’.

Sun is coming up over Moon’s Shiva Shakti point, it’s time for Vikram & Pragyan to wake up

ISRO will announce Friday if communication with Chandrayaan-3 mission's Vikram lander & Pragyan rover — currently in sleep mode — has been established & if they'll function again.

‘Space programme not about muscular nationalism’ — Oppn MPs slam BJP in Chandrayaan-3 discussion

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says India’s space programme didn't start in 2014 when BJP came to power. Opposition leaders supported his speech, said other PMs have contributed too.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.