Tag: Chandrayaan-2

Special Cover on Chandrayaan-2 released

Kolkata, Sep 7: The Department of Posts, West Bengal, on Saturday released a commemorative Special Cover on the Chandrayaan-2 mission. The Special Cover was released at a function at the General Post Office (GPO) here. “The Special Cover is to pay tribute to our scientists who took India’s space […]

India loses contact with spacecraft on mission to the moon

BENGALURU/MUMBAI – India lost contact with a spacecraft it was trying to land on the moon on Saturday, its space agency said, in a setback for the nation’s ambitious plans to become the first country to probe the unexplored lunar south pole. The lander of the Chandrayaan-2 moon […]

There will be a new dawn: Modi on Chandrayaan-2

Bengaluru, Sep 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked ISRO scientists not to get disheartened by the hurdles in the moon mission Chandrayaan-2 and asserted that there will be a “new dawn” ISRO’s plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as […]

Chandrayaan-2 to reach moon’s orbit on August 20: ISRO

Ahmedabad, Aug 12: India’s second moon mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’ is expected to reach the moon’s orbit on August 20 and land on the lunar surface on September 7, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Sivan said on Monday. The spacecraft is all set to leave the earth’s orbit […]

Proud India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon

India on Monday launched a low-cost rocket on a historic bid to put a landing craft on the surface of the Moon and join an elite space force. A week after an initial launch was halted just before blast-off, Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — took off […]

India’s moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lifts off, hopes to probe lunar south pole

SRIHARIKOTA/BENGALURU, India – India launched a rocket into space on Monday in an attempt to safely land a rover on the moon, its most ambitious mission yet in the effort to establish itself as a low-cost space power. If successful, the $146 million mission will allow Indian scientists […]

Chandrayaan-2 illustrates India’s determination to scale new frontiers of science: PM

New Delhi, Jul 22: The launch of Chandrayaan-2 illustrates the prowess of Indian scientists and the determination of 130 crore countrymen to scale new frontiers of science, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Soon after the launch, the prime minister took to Twitter to hail the success and […]

Preparations underway for launch of Chandrayaan-2: ISRO chief

Tirupati (AP), Jul 13: ISRO is all set for the country’s prestigious lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, and all preparations are going on for its launch on July 15, the space agency’s chairman K Sivan said Saturday. It is the Indian Space Research Organisation’s first mission to land on any celestial […]

Chandrayaan-2 will have 13 payloads: ISRO

Bengaluru : India’s second Moon mission that is planned for a July launch will have 13 payloads and one passive experiment from American space agency NASA, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Wednesday. “Thirteen Indian payloads (8 on orbiter, 3 on lander and 2 on rover) and one […]

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