India terminates its first unmanned moon mission
Indian Space Research organisation has announced that the nation’s first unmanned moon mission is now finished.
ISRO is no longer able to connect to the spacecraft Chandrayaan.
ISRO Chief G Madhavan Nair said in a statement: “We are disappointed with what has happened, but we have managed to salvage [...]
Chandrayaan-1 has been a massive success for ISRO
ISRO has said that Chandrayaan-1 has been a massive success for India as it has been performing flawlessly since the launch.
Chandrayaan-1 has beamed back more than 40,000 images since its launch in October last year.
These images are beamed to Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu near [...]
ISRO aiming for a manned mission in 6-7 years
Indian Space Agency ISRO has said in a statement that they are planning on launching a manned mission to space in the next 6-7 years.
ISRO has just successfully completed their Chandrayaan-1 unmanned mission to moon.
They have submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister asking [...]
Chandrayaan-1 now sending back images from space
Chandrayaan-1 is turning out to be a huge success for India.
It has now started sending back images taken of the earth from space.
Former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam has expressed his delight in the success of the mission.
He spoke about the first of the pictures received [...]
