Astronomy
India and Russia will launch a joint manned mission to space in 2013. After Rakesh Sharma an ISRO staff will be the second Indian to fly into space.
Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams were other two astronauts of Indian origin to go to space. Sunita Williams returned safely from space while Kalpana Chawla's space shuttle Columbia crashed killing her and her crew members.
- Studset Satellite All Set To Launch On May 9
After recent failure of India's space program a unique India-made smallest satellite StudSat which promises to send Indian into higher orbit will leave the ISRO Satellite Center in Bangalore and move to Sriharikota for integration for launch on May...
- Foreign Universities' Satellites To Be Launched By Isro
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch foreign universities into space.Five months after ISRO launched India's first student satellite " Anusat" on April 20 , it will place in orbit four university satellites in September.They...
- 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,...
- Chandrayaan-1: India's First Moon Mission
Chandrayaan-1 launches atop a PSLV-C11. Image: ISRO On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the launch of Chandrayaan-1 from Sriharikota in India took place. It started its 8 day journey towards the Moon, and is packed with tools and instruments to help it study...
- Kalpana Chawla--biography
KALPANA CHAWLA (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born in Karnal, India. Died on February 1, 2003 over the southern United States when Space Shuttle Columbia and the crew perished during entry, 16 minutes prior to scheduled landing. She...
Astronomy
An Indian in space in 2013.
India and Russia will launch a joint manned mission to space in 2013. After Rakesh Sharma an ISRO staff will be the second Indian to fly into space.
Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams were other two astronauts of Indian origin to go to space. Sunita Williams returned safely from space while Kalpana Chawla's space shuttle Columbia crashed killing her and her crew members.
- Studset Satellite All Set To Launch On May 9
After recent failure of India's space program a unique India-made smallest satellite StudSat which promises to send Indian into higher orbit will leave the ISRO Satellite Center in Bangalore and move to Sriharikota for integration for launch on May...
- Foreign Universities' Satellites To Be Launched By Isro
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch foreign universities into space.Five months after ISRO launched India's first student satellite " Anusat" on April 20 , it will place in orbit four university satellites in September.They...
- 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,...
- Chandrayaan-1: India's First Moon Mission
Chandrayaan-1 launches atop a PSLV-C11. Image: ISRO On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the launch of Chandrayaan-1 from Sriharikota in India took place. It started its 8 day journey towards the Moon, and is packed with tools and instruments to help it study...
- Kalpana Chawla--biography
KALPANA CHAWLA (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born in Karnal, India. Died on February 1, 2003 over the southern United States when Space Shuttle Columbia and the crew perished during entry, 16 minutes prior to scheduled landing. She...