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Thursday, July 17, 2025
TopicSpace missions

Topic: space missions

Venus Orbiter Mission gets Cabinet nod. Why ISRO wants to study ‘Earth’s twin’ & what mission will entail

Mission approved with total funding of Rs 1,236 crore, of which Rs 824 crore will be spent on the spacecraft. ISRO officials say it will likely take flight by March 2028.

ISRO prepares for responsible space missions, aims to go debris-free by 2030

On maiden National Space Day, President Murmu said India needed to prepare for future challenges as space debris would be a potential risk in future.

ISRO’s reusable launch vehicle, made to cut down mission costs, set for 3rd test landing this week

Waiting for good weather for the test launch, says ISRO chairman S. Somanath. Launch to be carried out at Karnataka’s Challakere, on board the Indian Air Force’s Chinook chopper.

Making of 4 astronauts for Gaganyaan — rigorous training, medical & fitness tests, survival tasks

Training footage released by ISRO reveals aspects of survival training, parabolic weightlessness, extreme g-force simulation, psychological tests, and more.

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.  

After moon landing, India’s 1st space-based mission to study the sun will blast off on 2 Sept

ISRO has invited citizens to witness the launch from the viewing gallery of spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, by registering on its website.

India capable of launching more interplanetary missions, says ISRO chairman

Somanath told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram that India is capable of 'travelling to the Moon, Mars & Venus' but will need more confidence and investment.

Chandrayaan-3 landing done. It’s now over to Pragyan Rover for next phase of Moon mission

Hours after ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 made a soft-landing on the Moon’s south pole, its rover Pragyan rolled out to do its job — study Moon's surface composition, measure seismic activity.

Chandrayaan-3 successfully enters lunar orbit

India’s third lunar exploration mission was launched successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on 14 July.

Communication with space-probe Voyager 2 lost after NASA sends wrong command

The error occurred in July, preventing the probe launched in 1977 from receiving commands from earth.

On Camera

India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.

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.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.