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TopicChandrayaan-3

Topic: Chandrayaan-3

ISRO launches its maiden X-ray space observatory XPoSat to give insights on celestial objects

X-ray Polarimeter Satellite aims to investigate polarisation of intense X-ray sources, which will serve as diagnostic tool for examining radiation mechanism, geometry of celestial sources.

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.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.