Challenged by grandpa, this young engineer set his eyes on space
N.B. Nair Bangalore (ISJ): Young Gadhadhar Reddy’s scientific temperament was challenged during his endless debates with his grandpa, who tried to explain the meaning of...
Category : Space & Defence Technology
India plans its own space station by 2030: ISRO Chief
Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO plans a series of launches in the coming decade, culminating in setting up a space station on its own. While...
India unveils its most complex space mission ever
The second Moon Mission of India or Chandrayaan-2 will lift off on July 15 at 2.51 am from Sriharikota and land on lunar surface on...
ISRO successfully tests Crew Escape System for human space flight programme
Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO tests its Crew Escape System, critical for human spaceflight programme. The test, which was unmanned, is designed to validate the...
NavIC frequency too close to WiFi, may cause interference: Study
A new study has warned, signals from India’s own navigation and positioning system, NavIC may interfere with WiFi signals in receivers. The study says, NavIC...
Astronomers detect for first time light from very first stars of universe
A team of astronomers including an Indian graduate student from Arizona State University discover, for the first time, signals from “cosmic dawn” – the moment...
NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft still reaching for the stars after 40 years
Humanity’s farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they...
New discovery by Astrosat dashes hopes of alien life on nearest exoplanet
A new discovery by India’s space telescope, Astrosat, dashes hopes of alien life on our nearest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri. Highly energetic flare simultaneously observed...
Astrosat to open doors to international community
Jaipur, March 9 (India Science Wire) – Astrosat, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?s satellite exclusively devoted to astronomy studies, is all set to go global....
ISRO achieves yet another milestone – one launcher places eight satellites in two orbits
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (ISJ) ? Exactly two years after its maiden successful launch of Mars Orbit Mission (MOM), Mangalyaan, India?s space agency, ISRO set another...