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  Supermoon series to mark end with harvest moon on September 28

  September 27, 2023 22:05 IST

  The celestial spectacle will mark an end to a summer filled with mesmerising large and radiant full moons.

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  Dumpling delights in the Cosmos: NASA's pan-Moon snapshot sparks culinary comparisons

  September 26, 2023 21:38 IST

  The distinctive shape of Pan, resembling a dumpling, is attributed to the ridge around its equator, which is similar to another of Saturn's moons, Atlas.

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  WATCH | NASA capsule carrying rare asteroid samples lands on Earth after release from spacecraft

  September 24, 2023 22:19 IST

  Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won't know for sure until the container is opened.

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  Chandrayaan 3: ISRO says no contact with lander, efforts to wake up continue

  September 22, 2023 20:40 IST

  Chandrayaan 3: ISRO added that the their has been no contact with them but efforts are still continuing.

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  Chandrayaan-3: ISRO delays Pragyaan rover, Vikram lander reactivation by a day

  September 22, 2023 18:24 IST

  Chandrayaan-3: According to ISRO, the delay occurred due to some technical issues.

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  Will Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover wake up today as sunlight back on south pole of Moon?

  September 22, 2023 7:59 IST

  ISRO put both the lander and the rover into sleep mode earlier this month on September 4 and 2 respectively.

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  Aditya L1 update: NASA reports increase in solar activity | Know how it can impact India's mission

  September 20, 2023 14:08 IST

  Aditya L1 update: The US Space Agency launched the Parker Solar Probe in 2018 to study the Sun's outer corona. America's Parker Solar Probe was somehow successful in avoiding this solar storm.

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  Aditya L1 gets send off from Earth as ISRO performs key manoeuvre, begin 110-day journey to L1 point

  September 19, 2023 7:42 IST

  India's solar space observatory mission, Aditya-L1, has begun its 110-day journey to L1.

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  Aditya-L1: Indian solar mission commences collecting scientific data, tweets ISRO

  September 18, 2023 13:25 IST

  The suits of Aditya L1 payloads are expected to provide the most crucial information to understand the problem of coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, pre-flare and flare activities and their characteristics, dynamics of space weather, and propagation of particles and fields.

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  ISRO to launch first test vehicle mission for Gaganyaan in a month or two, says key official

  September 16, 2023 0:30 IST

  ISRO is planning to launch the first test vehicle mission of Gaganyaan in a month or two to validate the crew escape system, an official from the space agency has informed.

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  Chandrayaan-1 mission: Earth's electrons may be forming water on Moon, says study

  September 15, 2023 14:04 IST

  Chandrayaan-1 mission: The team led by researchers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa in the United States discovered that these electrons in Earth's plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes- breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals- on the Moon's surface.

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  Aditya L1 successfully undergoes fourth earth-bound manoeuvre: ISRO

  September 15, 2023 9:02 IST

  The spacecraft is now in an orbit of 256 km x 1,21,973 km and the next manoeuvre Trans-Lagragean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) -- a send-off from the Earth -- is scheduled for September 19, 2023.

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  NASA releases long-awaited UFO report: What are its findings on 'aliens'? Know here

  September 14, 2023 22:27 IST

  NASA said there are so few high-quality observations that no scientific conclusions can be drawn. The government refers to unexplained sightings as UAPs versus UFOs.

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  South Korea's Danuri spots India's Vikram Lander on Moon's Shiv Shakti point

  September 13, 2023 20:36 IST

  Danuri is equipped with a variety of instruments, including a high-resolution camera, a spectrometer, and a magnetometer.

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  Centre announces winners of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 2022 after a year's delay | Check list

  September 12, 2023 22:46 IST

  Microbiologist Ashwani Kumar from CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh; biologist Maddika Subba Reddy from the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting Diagnostics.

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  Aditya-L1 successfully completes third earth-bound manoeuvre, says ISRO

  September 10, 2023 6:51 IST

  The manoeuvres are required to be performed during the spacecraft's 16-day journey around the earth, during which it will gain the velocity necessary for its onward journey to L1.

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  ISRO shares new images from Chandrayaan-3 mission

  September 09, 2023 16:00 IST

  DFSAR transmits and receives microwave in L and S band frequencies, works without solar illumination and is capable of pene trating the lunar surface down to a few metres.

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  Aditya-L1, India's first mission to Sun, takes selfie, clicks images of Earth and Moon

  September 07, 2023 13:16 IST

  Aditya-L1 is expected to arrive at the intended orbit at the L1 point after about 127 days.

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  NASA captures picture of lander of Chandrayaan-3

  September 06, 2023 14:02 IST

  Sharing the image on social media platform X, the space agency wrote, "LRO spacecraft recently imaged the Chandrayaan-3 lander on the Moon's surface."

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  Chandrayaan 3: ISRO shares 'Anaglyph' images of Vikram Lander on Moon | Details

  September 05, 2023 21:19 IST

  ISRO shared images on Twitter, captured from both both left and right directions of Vikram. When put together, these images are called NavCam Stereo images. ISRO created the anaglyph using such images.

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  Chandrayaan-3: Vikram will fall asleep next to Pragyan once the solar power is depleted, tweets ISRO

  September 04, 2023 16:14 IST

  Chandrayaan-3: Vikram will fall asleep next to Pragyan once the solar power is depleted and the battery is drained, said ISRO on Monday.

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  Chandrayaan-3: Vikram Lander soft-landed on Moon again, exceeds mission objectives, says ISRO

  September 04, 2023 12:47 IST

  Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Vikram Lander soft-landed on Moon again, exceeds mission objectives, says ISRO

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  Aditya-L1: Meet ISRO's women scientists who helmed India's first Solar mission

  September 03, 2023 12:58 IST

  Aditya-L1 launch: As the launch vehicle carrying Aditya L1, the country's maiden solar mission, lifted off successfully from Sriharikota, Annapurni Subramaniam, director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, said the mission will be first to probe into the innermost part of the Sun- Corona.

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  Aditya-L1: Satellite is healthy, first Earth-bound manoeuvre performed successfully, tweets ISRO

  September 03, 2023 12:35 IST

  The PSLV C57 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter, lifted off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on September 2.

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  Chandrayaan-3: Pragan Rover has traversed over 100 meters, says ISRO

  September 02, 2023 14:43 IST

  ISRO Chairman S Somanath said the lunar mission Chandrayaan 3's rover and lander are functioning well and they would be put to "sleep" soon to withstand the night on the Moon.

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  India's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 onboard PSLV C57 lifts off from Sriharikota

  September 02, 2023 12:26 IST

  The spacecraft, after traveling about 1.5 million km from the Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1 which is considered closest to the Sun.

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  WATCH VIDEO: Exact moment when ISRO’s maiden solar mission, Aditya- L1, launched

  September 02, 2023 12:50 IST

  Aditya L1 launch: The ISRO successfully placed a lander on the unexplored lunar South Pole, a feat that put India in the record books as the first country to do so. According to the agency, the Aditya-L1 mission is expected to reach the observation point in four months.

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  Aditya L1 launch: What are the key objectives of India's maiden solar mission?

  September 02, 2023 12:24 IST

  Aditya L1 launch: Aditya L1 is mainly designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and conduct in-situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth.