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- What is the Gaganyaan mission? The Gaganyaan project aims to send a team of astronauts into space, orbiting 400 km above Earth for a three-day mission, and safely return them by landing in the Indian Ocean.
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It is India's first interplanetary spaceflight mission and ISRO has become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and the European Space Agency. India is the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
Feb 27, 2024 · Space Missions of India in 2024: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the Indian government’s space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, and is responsible for managing India’s space programs.
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Aug 23, 2023 · India on Wednesday made history as it became the first country in the world to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital...
- India’s first suborbital rocket launch. Today, India’s largest rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (LVM-3), stands 43.5 meters tall, and its parts are moved around using heavy-duty vehicles.
- Aryabhata – India’s first satellite. Aryabhata, named after a 5th-century Indian astronomer and mathematician, became India’s first operational satellite when it was launched on April 19, 1975.
- India reaches orbit with SLV-3 rocket. With several sounding rocket successes under its belt, India then set out to reach orbit. It achieved that feat in 1980 when it launched the experimental spin-stabilised RS-1 satellite aboard its Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) rocket from Sriharikota Range near Chennai.
- Chandrayaan-1 – India’s first lunar mission. Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first lunar mission. The word ‘Chandra’ in Sanskrit and Hindi means ‘Moon’, and the word ‘yaan’ means ‘vehicle’.
Dec 28, 2023 · It was "20 minutes of terror" for scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) as the Vikram lander, carrying the Pragyaan rover in its belly, began its descent to the Moon's...
Aug 23, 2023 · India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat. The mission could cement India’s status as a global superpower in...
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Aug 23, 2023 · India's Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the moon − a space policy expert explains what this means for India and the global race to the moon
