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On Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's 88th birth anniversary, we not only salute this visionary’s contribution to our great nation, but also thank him for nurturing, guiding and inspiring India’s ‘Missile Woman’ – Dr Tessy Thomas.
 

The government is now considering the creation of 1,400 kilometre stretch of green wall - “Great Green Wall’ from Gujarat to Delhi-Haryana. The decision comes after an ISRO report in 2016 had revealed that more than 50% of the land in states like Gujarat, Rajasthan and Delhi had been degraded.
 

ISRO shared the pictures of the moon on the micro blogging site. These images were acquired on September 5 by the ISRO from a 100-km altitude with the help of Chandrayaan 2

A Durga Puja pandal in Orderly Bazar of Varanasi is all set to mesmerise the visitors with its ‘Chandrayaan-2’ theme. The pandal, which is around 100-feet in height, was made in two months.

When ISRO chief K Sivan was applauded when he entered the IndoGo flight recently. Watch the video here.

In this episode of Not For Women Only, we kick off World Space Week by taking a look at how the empowerment of Indian women scientists over the last 5 years has shown that times are changing.

ISRO will continue its efforts to re-establish contact with lander, which had had a harsh landing on the lunar surface 

Chandrayaan 2’s lander Vikram that was supposed to land on the lunar surface lost contact with ISRO moments before the scheduled landing time. NASA has now released images captured by its Lunar Orbiter Camera that shows that the lander suffered a hard landing. 
 

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan stated, "The orbiter is doing very well and all its operations have commenced. We have not received any signal from Vikram lander, but orbiter is working very well."

The Mangalyaan mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was meant to last only six months. But the mission has now completed five years and scientists are hopeful that it will continue for much longer.

Before attending an event in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar, , Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan spoke to media and said that there has been no communication established with the lander in the Chandrayaan-2 mission. He, however, said that the next priority is Gaganyaan mission.

Chandrayaan 2’s lander Vikram, that was supposed to soft land on the lunar surface on September 7 will now move towards a cold lunar night. The lander and its instruments will be frozen, observes ISRO.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have inked MoUs for development in the Gaganyaan project. 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has taken to Twitter to thank the nation for standing it. This after the organisation lost contact with Chandrayaan 2’s lander moments before its soft landing on the lunar surface. 

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt surprised many in India when he recently asked NASA astronaut Nick Hague about India's moon mission lander Vikram