The Space Age: 11 giant leaps taken by mankind in Space
September 06, 2019 19:49 ISTIn the last 100 years, countries around the world have invested heavily in space ventures and missions. Here are the biggest achievements of all time in space.
In the last 100 years, countries around the world have invested heavily in space ventures and missions. Here are the biggest achievements of all time in space.
The world is waiting with bated breath for the touchdown of Chandrayaan-2 on Moon's South Pole. But has anyone wondered what exactly will it do on the moon? How will things unfold? The Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO has released a new video showing how Pragyan functions. Watch Full Video here.
In a huge disappointment, communications from Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander to ISRO's ground station was lost before touchdown while the nation eagerly awaited its soft landing on the hitherto unexplored lunar south pole in the early hours of Saturday. Addressing the scientists after the link was snapped, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: "Nation is proud of you, be courageous."
The 1,471-kg lander of Chandrayaan-2 -- first Indian mission to explore the lunar terrain with home-grown technology -- is named Vikram after Dr Vikram A Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme.
Chandrayaan 2 Moon Landing: In a few hours from now, India's Chandrayaan-2 will make its most significant move to journey to the moon. Chandrayaan 2's Vikram - the moon lander, will make a powered descent between 1:30 am and 2:30 am. IndiaTvNews.com brings to you a Step-by-Step Guide to Vikram's touchdown on moon's South Pole.
Chandrayaan-2: Do not expect a Star Wars-like showdown on the surface of the moon. But there will be something else moving on the surface of the moon.
Live Streaming Chandrayaan 2 moon landing Watch Chandrayaan-2 moon landing Live: India TV will be broadcasting the mega coverage of Chandrayaan-2 moon landing where a learned panel will keep explaining you the process as it unfolds gradually. For those who are not around their Television sets, India TV will get you Live streaming of the Chandrayaan-2 moon landing on indiatvnews.com. Besides, ISRO, PIB India, NatGeo too will have the telecast/live streaming of the historic event of Chandrayaan-2's landing on moon's south pole.
Hours before the crucial touchdown of 'Vikram' module on the lunar surface in the early hours of Saturday, the Indian Space Research Organisation came out with the Chandrayaan-2 chronicles indulging in 'banter' involving the orbiter, lander and rover 'Pragyan'.
"We would like to hold a small felicitation function to honour Vanitha. We are all proud of her. She is a reserved person and I hope she agrees to our proposal," Jawahar Sabapathy, Director, CSG International, told IANS.
Muthayya Vanitha and Ritu Karidhal are heading the crucial ISRO mission, Chandrayaan 2, making it ISRO's first-ever space mission to be headed by women. They are among the other thirty per cent women of the team working on the Chandrayaan 2 project.
India's second moon mission -- Chandrayaan-2 -- lost contact with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) just as it was about to reach moon's south pole. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen consoling ISRO scientists after the news broke out.
ISRO officials are tight-lipped ahead of the highly crucial event of the Chandrayaan-2 moon landing on Saturday. The entire nation is on tenterhooks, praying for the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-2. They are nervous, they are anxious, and they are silent. They are waiting for the final moment to speak volumes of India's scientific prowess with Chandrayaan-2 historic touchdown.
Chandrayaan-2's landing module 'Vikram' will begin its final descent to pull off a historic soft landing on the lunarsurface in the early hours of Saturday, as the Indian Space Research Organisation awaits with bated breath for the "terrifying moment."
In what will be a historic event for India, Chandrayaan-2 will land on moon's South Pole on September 7, an untouched avenue so far. After a strenuous journey spanning 48 days, Chandrayaan-2 will have this golden touchdown on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan 2: India TV News brings to you the timeline of India's ambitious moon landing. India's space ambitions will take a giant leap as the Chandrayaan-2 makes its first contact with the Lunar surface. Lander 'Vikram' will attempt to land on the moon in the early hours of Saturday and the whole will have its eyes set on India and its spacecraft.
On the day of the Chandrayaan-1's launch in 2008, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) faced a "very tough situation" as it had a very short launch window and the weather was "very, very bad", Dr. M Annadurai, the Project Director of the successful mission, said.
This emerged after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin here as they decided to step up cooperation in the field of outer space.
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Vikram is scheduled to roll out 'Pragyaan', a six-wheeled rover, after making a soft landing on the south polar region of the moon on September 7 between 1.30 a.m. to 2.30 a.m. 'Pragyaan' will carry out the research for which it was designed.
All of us pray for a healthy life. We don't want to be bedridden in a hospital. But there comes a time when we have to visit hospital to care for our dear ones. At that time, falling sick yourself is the last thing you want. But in a building full of patients, there always are chances of getting exposed to disease causing agent like bacteria etc. But scientists are trying to find solution to this problem and they are making great progress as well.
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