Isro’s Chandrayaan-2 successfully enters Moon’s orbit

The Chandrayaan-2 moved into the lunar orbit, almost after 30 days of its launch. The spacecraft has been injected into an elliptical orbit, which would be changed through another series of manoeuvres, to let it eventually attain a near-circular orbit of 100km around the Moon before its expected lan Read More
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Chandrayaan-2 mission takes off, focus now on landing on Moon

The Indian Space Research Organization in a landmark mission, has successfully launched Chandrayan-2, carried by GSLV-Mark III, the most powerful rocket built so far by India, from the second launchpad at the Sriharikota spaceport. Read More
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Chandrayaan-2 launch postponed, Isro cites technical snag

India’s most ambitious space mission so far, Chandrayaan-2, which was was scheduled to be launched at 2.51am on Monday, has been called off less than an hour before the lift off. The mission involves landing a rover on the Moon’s south pole. Read More
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Union Budget 2019: Now, Isro allocated ₹12,473 crore for FY19-20

The Union Budget allocation for the Indian space programme is estimated to go up by 11 per cent to about ₹12,473 crore, which is revised from the estimate of around ₹11,200 crore in 2018-19. Read More
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