Chandrayaan-I a 110 percent success, asserts ISRO chiefSeptember 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - By finding water on the lunar surface, India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has completed "110 percent of the objectives", Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday.
NASA thanks ISRO for discovering water on moonSeptember 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) thanked the efforts of the Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO) which traced water molecules on the moon's surface. ISRO on Thursday announced that its maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-I had traced water molecules on the moon's surface.
Indian scientists knew about lunar water presence in JuneSeptember 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-I, had made a "path-breaking and real discovery" by establishing the presence of water on the moon in June itself, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Friday. India's own Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on board the country's maiden lunar craft had discovered water on the moon in June, a finding confirmed by US space agency NASA's probe that was also on board Chandrayaan-1, India's top space scientist G.
India's probe first to sniff water on moon (Second Lead)September 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's Moon Impact Probe (MIP) was the first instrument to detect water on the moon - way back in November last year when the spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit, space agency chief G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday.
Chandrayaan-I mission was a complete success, says ISRO chairmanSeptember 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - Terming the finding of water on the Lunar surface a 'historic' one, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Friday said that the Chandrayaan-I mission was a complete success. Addressing mediapersons here, Nair said: "The Chandrayaan mission performed wonderfully.
India's own probe also found water on moon: ISROSeptember 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's own Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on board the country's maiden lunar craft had discovered water on the moon, a finding confirmed by US space agency NASA's probe that was also aboard Chandrayaan-1, India's top space scientist G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday.
Chandrayaan-1 was a fantastic success: European scientistSeptember 13th, 2009 BANGALORE - Indian media should stop criticising the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for abruptly terminating Chandrayaan-1 and instead applaud the success of its moon mission, a European space scientist has said. Although its life was cut short, ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 was a "fantastic success", Detlef Koschny, European Chandrayaan-1 project scientist, said in an e-mail interview.
ISRO to launch Mars mission by 2013August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI -Indian Space research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madavan Nair said on Monday that India would launch a mission to Mars by 2013.
ISRO formally calls off India's first moon missionAugust 31st, 2009 PANAJI - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has formally called off Chandrayaan-1, India's first moon mission, after it lost contact with the craft. ink with the Chandrayaan-1 craft broke down early on Saturday.
India's first moon mission Chandrayaan-I "definitely over", says project director(Lead: Chandrayaan-I)August 29th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's ambitious moon mission -- Chandrayaan-I -- came to an abrupt end on Saturday after losing radio with the spacecraft. "The mission is definitely over.
Radio contact lost with Chandrayaan-I : ISROAugust 29th, 2009 BANGALORE - Radio contact with Chandrayaan-I spacecraft was abruptly lost at 1:30 a.m. on Saturday.
India's lunarcraft hunts for ice on moon with NASA orbiterAugust 21st, 2009 BANGALORE - India's first lunarcraft Chandrayaan-1 Friday conducted a joint experiment with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) of the US's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to trace presence of ice in a dark crater near the North Pole of the moon, the Indian space agency said. "The unique bi-static experiment was carried out jointly when Chandrayaan and Orbiter came closer while orbiting over the lunar North Pole where the permanently shadowed crater is located," the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement here.
Despite glitches, ISRO confident of Chandrayaan-I completing missionJuly 18th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) first lunar mission Chandrayaan-I may have suffered technical setbacks within a year of its launch, but the organisation is confident that the spacecraft will complete its mission. "The failure of electronic components within a year of a satellite's launch is one of the risks that a mission faces.
Chandrayaan-II to be launched by 2013July 4th, 2009 KOLKATA - India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-II is likely to be launched by 2013, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Saturday.
India plans to hoist tricolour on moon by 2020January 3rd, 2009 SHILLONG - India is planning to hoist the tricolour on the moon by 2020, a space agency official said here Sunday, adding that the country's first manned flight into space was also on cards by 2015. K. Radhakrishnan, member of the Space Commission and director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said plans were afoot to send a two-member crew into space and orbit around 200 km away from the earth by 2015.
Loading ...