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  ISRO chief: V Narayanan succeeds S Somanath, takes over as new head of Indian space agency

  Science | January 14, 2025 17:56 IST

  V. Narayanan has been associated with ISRO for the last 40 years. Before assuming the role of ISRO chief, Narayanan served as the Director of LPSC within ISRO.

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  ISRO reveals new timeline for upcoming Chandrayaan 4,5, Gaganyaan missions | Check dates

  Science | October 27, 2024 14:01 IST

  Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has planned multiple missions in upcoming years. These include Chandrayaan-4, Chandrayaan-5 and Gaganyaan among others. Now ISRO chief S Somnath has revealed the dates of their launch.

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  First National Space Day will be celebrated tomorrow to mark Chandrayaan-3 success: ISRO chairman

  Science | August 22, 2024 14:55 IST

  The Chandrayaan-3's rover was deployed by the Vikram lander, which made a soft landing near the south pole of the Moon on August 23, 2023, scripting history. Chandrayaan-3, consisting of the lander and rover, was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

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  ‘Aditya L1 mission to enter L1 point on January 6, 2024’, says ISRO Chairman S Somanath | VIDEO

  Science | December 22, 2023 21:34 IST

  Aditya L1 mission: Aditya L1 was successfully launched on Sept 2 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The spacecraft, after travelling about 1.5 million km from Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1, considered closest to the Sun.

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  Gaganyaan mission: ISRO commences countdown for launch of uncrewed test flight

  Science | October 21, 2023 0:01 IST

  Gaganyaan mission: ISRO Chairman S Somanath said that the first test vehicle flight will be conducted on October 21. After that we have planned for three more test missions, D2, D3, D4. We will hold thorough tests during the test flight sequence.

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  Harsh Goenka reveals ISRO Chief's monthly salary; asks netizens 'Is it fair?'

  Trending | September 12, 2023 18:13 IST

  Notably, ISRO, under S Somanath's successfully landed its Chandrayaan 3 on the lunar surface on August 23.

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  Aditya-L1: Countdown for India's first mission to Sun starts, tweets ISRO

  Science | September 01, 2023 18:29 IST

  The countdown for the Aditya-L1 launch will start on September 1 at 12:10 PM as the Aditya-L1 Solar Mission is all set for a launch on September 2 at 11:50 AM from the Sriharikota spaceport.

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  ISRO chief S Somanath receives warm welcome on Indigo flight after success of Chandrayaan-3 mission

  Trending | August 31, 2023 17:07 IST

  India made history on August 23 with the successful soft-landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon's south pole - the only country to reach there so far.

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  Australia baffled as 'mysterious' object washes up on beach; Netizens speculate THIS

  World | July 18, 2023 20:08 IST

  Although there was no confirmation from India's space agency as it had recently launched the Chandrayaan-3 from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota, Twitter users have now started speculating it could be a part of the prestigious lunar exploration mission.

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  'Chandrayaan-3 will be launched in July...I am confident', says ISRO Chairman S Somanath

  India | July 14, 2023 15:05 IST

  Chandrayaan 3: ISRO Chairman on Monday asserted that he is very confident about the launch of Chadrayaan-3 which is due in July this year.

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  S Somnath is the new ISRO chief: Who is he

  India | January 12, 2022 20:12 IST

  Another Malayali has returned to the helm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Somanath, who has been the Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, will replace K Sivan as the head of India's space agency.

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  ISRO to take cooperation with European, Israeli space agencies to higher orbit

  Science | August 01, 2021 11:35 IST

  ISRO is in discussions with European and Israeli space agencies to enhance cooperation.

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  Space policy, Space Activities Bill in final stages: ISRO chairman

  India | July 05, 2020 19:50 IST

  A dedicated policy for space and legislation on space activities has been under works for some time now. But with the government allowing the private sector, these have now got traction.

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  ISRO chief K Sivan gets heroic welcome on flight | Watch video

  India | October 05, 2019 20:25 IST

  As Sivan boarded into the flight, he got a round of applause from other passengers. He received a star-like welcome from his fellow passengers. The cabin crew rushed at him to click selfies.

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  FAKE ALERT: Don't follow K Sivan on Twitter, ISRO clarifies 'Chairman not on social media'

  India | September 09, 2019 16:05 IST

  ISRO Chairman K Sivan has no personal accounts on social media platforms, the Indian Space Research Organisation clarified on Monday. The Indian Space agency's clarification came after several fake social media accounts operating with K Sivan's name emerged in large numbers, more so after the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Several social media users were seen following these fake accounts including on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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  Chandrayaan-2: 10 minutes-20 questions! ISRO quiz toppers to watch moon landing live with PM Modi

  India | September 06, 2019 17:14 IST

  Chandrayaan-2 Moon landing: Meghalaya's Ribait, Delhi's Manogya Singh Suyansh are among the 60 students all set to watch Chandrayaan-2 moon with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru today.

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  Chandrayaan 2 landing where no one else has gone before: ISRO chief

  India | September 06, 2019 16:40 IST

  "We're confident about the soft landing. We're waiting for tonight,"Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan said.

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  ISRO Chairman prays at Tirumala for success of Chandrayaan-2

  India | July 14, 2019 7:56 IST

  Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan on Saturday prayed at Tirumala temple here for the success of second moon mission Chandrayaan-2, which is set for launch on July 15.

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  Climate change a great challenge: ISRO chairman

  India | November 28, 2015 19:29 IST

  Jorhat (Assam): Climate change is a major issue which is impacting environment and economy and is a great challenge facing the world, ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar said today."Climatic change is no longer a

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  Mars data interesting, more work needed on it: ISRO

  India | October 05, 2015 19:39 IST

  Chennai: The Mars Orbiter Mission has produced interesting data but further work is needed over such inputs for validation purposes, a top ISRO official has said."We have got interesting data from the Mars Orbiter Mission