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ThePrint Quiz, 23 August, 2025: National Space Day

On this National Space Day, take this quiz by ThePrint to test your knowledge of India’s space programme.

Late to launch, ISRO merch is now in orbit — magnets to Chandrayaan models

ISRO’s merch mission is finally flying high, offering everything from ‘Vikram Lander’ keychains to Chandrayaan scale models and Gaganyaan ‘spacesuits’. There are even Channapatna-style rocket kits.

Designs for Chandrayaan-4 & 5 ready, 1st ‘Gaganyatri’ flight by mid-2025, says ISRO chief Somanath

ISRO chief says Gaganyaan’s unmanned mission is being planned for December and rocket has reached Sriharikota, adds that design for Bharatiya Antariksha Station is complete.

After Moon, ISRO sets its eyes on Mars landing — ‘it’s an aspiration, work yet to begin’

ISRO chief S. Somanath details the agency’s planned missions, declines to comment on Chandrayaan-3, whose lander and rover were put to sleep when first lunar night set in.  

Khattar to woman who asked for factory in village: ‘I’ll send you on Chandrayaan-4, now sit down’

Haryana CM was holding Jan Samvad in Hisar where woman said a factory will generate jobs. AAP slams Khattar for 'making fun of public', Congress says 'no respect for women in BJP, RSS'.

‘Intrinsic, volcanic, meteoritic?’ asks ISRO as Chandrayaan-3 rover reconfirms sulphur on Moon

After finding the element on the Moon’s south pole on Tuesday in the first in-situ probe, Pragyan finds sulphur again with a different technique.

‘Work of a generation of scientists,’ says ISRO chairman on successful Chandrayaan-3 landing

President Droupadi Murmu & PM Narendra Modi both congratulate the ISRO team. India becomes 4th country to soft land on Moon surface & 1st to land on its south pole.

Chandrayaan 1, 2 & 3 — how ISRO used each Moon mission as test for next, more complex expedition

Chandrayaan-3 on a mission to explore & study Moon’s south pole, which is rich in water resources. First journey to lunar region that astronomers have wanted to explore for decades.

Aim is to achieve soft-landing on the moon, says ISRO chief on impending Chandrayaan-3 launch

Chandrayaan-2’s attempt to soft-land a robotic module named Vikram on the moon’s surface had failed in 2019.

Next moon mission Chandrayaan-3 will be launched 13 July afternoon

This is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.