Astronomy
Chandrayaan -II will be launched in 2012 and work on its engineering aspect has started.
The total cost of the project is Rs.425 crores. The lander-cum- rover is an Indo-Russian joint venture and major responsibility will be shared by Russia.The launcher will be GSLV Mark III.
The Chandrayaan II will have an orbiter besides a lander-cum-rover. After the spacecraft reaches the lunar orbit, the lander-cum-rover will release from it and soft-land on the Moon by means of powered descent.
The orbiter weight will be 2700 kgs.
- Search Continues For Mars Polar Lander
Mars Polar Lander is one of the two exploration vehicles of NASA Mars Surveyor' 98 Program launched on 3rd January 1999. It all happened 10 years ago in December 1999 the Mars Polar Lander before entering the atmosphere of Mars became missing. The...
- Chandrayaan-i Moon Mission Over
Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end today after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft. Project Director of the Chandrayaan-1 mission said that the mission is over as we have lost...
- Contact With Chandrayaan-1 Lost
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has lost radio contact with Chandrayaan-1 today, August 29, at 1:30 a.m. Indian Standard Time. The Chandrayaan-1 mission was declared over at this time. Chandrayaan-1 was India's first mission to the Moon,...
- Indian Probe Lands On Moon
Moon Impact Probe Image: ISRO Chandrayaan-1 has touched down on the Moon at 8:31 P.M. (Indian Standard Time, 3:01 P.M. GMT) on Friday, November 14, 2008. The date was deliberately chosen to be Children's Day in India, and also the birthday of India's...
- The Phoenix
If you haven't found out already, the Phoenix spacecraft is scheduled to land this Sunday, May 25, 2008 on Mars. So what exactly is the Phoenix spacecraft and mission? Basically, the Phoenix spacecraft is a lander, that will land on Mars and, using...
Astronomy
Work on Chandrayaan -II has started
Chandrayaan -II will be launched in 2012 and work on its engineering aspect has started.
The total cost of the project is Rs.425 crores. The lander-cum- rover is an Indo-Russian joint venture and major responsibility will be shared by Russia.The launcher will be GSLV Mark III.
The Chandrayaan II will have an orbiter besides a lander-cum-rover. After the spacecraft reaches the lunar orbit, the lander-cum-rover will release from it and soft-land on the Moon by means of powered descent.
The orbiter weight will be 2700 kgs.
- Search Continues For Mars Polar Lander
Mars Polar Lander is one of the two exploration vehicles of NASA Mars Surveyor' 98 Program launched on 3rd January 1999. It all happened 10 years ago in December 1999 the Mars Polar Lander before entering the atmosphere of Mars became missing. The...
- Chandrayaan-i Moon Mission Over
Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end today after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft. Project Director of the Chandrayaan-1 mission said that the mission is over as we have lost...
- Contact With Chandrayaan-1 Lost
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has lost radio contact with Chandrayaan-1 today, August 29, at 1:30 a.m. Indian Standard Time. The Chandrayaan-1 mission was declared over at this time. Chandrayaan-1 was India's first mission to the Moon,...
- Indian Probe Lands On Moon
Moon Impact Probe Image: ISRO Chandrayaan-1 has touched down on the Moon at 8:31 P.M. (Indian Standard Time, 3:01 P.M. GMT) on Friday, November 14, 2008. The date was deliberately chosen to be Children's Day in India, and also the birthday of India's...
- The Phoenix
If you haven't found out already, the Phoenix spacecraft is scheduled to land this Sunday, May 25, 2008 on Mars. So what exactly is the Phoenix spacecraft and mission? Basically, the Phoenix spacecraft is a lander, that will land on Mars and, using...