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  Chandrayaan-2: Space timeline of India's historic moon mission

  September 05, 2019 23:03 IST

  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.

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  "Nail-biting", scientist recalls Chandrayaan-1 launch moment

  September 05, 2019 13:59 IST

  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.

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  Russia to train Gaganyaan mission astronauts

  September 04, 2019 18:29 IST

  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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  Taller than the Eiffel Tower, this asteroid is approaching us this Friday: Will it hit Earth?

  September 03, 2019 14:45 IST

  Asteroid 2019 GT3 will approach Earth this Friday. The asteroid is almost as big as the Empire State Building and significantly taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. But will it hit earth? Read to know more.

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  Chandrayaan 2 Update: Vikram lander inches closer to moon; completes first de-orbiting manoeuvre

  September 03, 2019 11:37 IST

  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.

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  Got sick post visit to hospital? Scientists are making progress in combating hospital-borne infections

  September 02, 2019 18:33 IST

  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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  Chandrayaan-2 will make landing on Moon's South Pole. Here's why it is significant

  September 03, 2019 11:38 IST

  ​India's second moon mission -- Chandrayaan-2 -- will make landing on the lunar surface on September 7. The moon lander 'Vikram' separated from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter on Monday. On Sunday, Chandrayaan-2 completed its fifth and final manoeuvre and achieved an orbit of 119km x 127km. Before landing on the Moon's South Pole, Chandrayaan-2 has two deorbit manoeuvres of Vikram Lander.

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  What time Chandrayaan 2 will make moon landing?

  September 03, 2019 11:38 IST

  After Moon lander 'Vikram' separates from Chandrayaan 2 orbiter on Monday, the ISRO's Moon mission is on its final stage before it lands on the lunar surface. But before that, there will be two deorbit manoeuvres of Vikram Lander to prepare for its landing.

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  Big success for ISRO as Moon lander 'Vikram' separates from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

  September 03, 2019 11:39 IST

  The Vikram Moon Lander, named after the father of India's space mission Vikram Sarabhai on his birth centenary year, is scheduled to touch the lunar surface near its south pole on September 7 at about 1.55 am.

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  Chandrayaan-2 completes final lunar orbit manoeuvre, gets ever closer to the moon

  September 03, 2019 11:41 IST

  The Indian space agency on Sunday successfully completed the fifth and final lunar bound orbit manoeuvre for the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft.

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  'Big Surprise': Astronomers spot asteroid changing colour for the first time, scientists baffled

  September 01, 2019 8:29 IST

  ​Astronomers have witnessed an asteroid changing its colour in a never-seen-before event. Asteroid 6478 Gault, sporting a comet-like dust trail, was seen changing its colour from red to blue...leaving scientists astonished, baffled and what not. This has happened for the first time.

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  Chandrayaan-2 moves closer to Moon, completes 4th orbit maneuver

  September 03, 2019 11:40 IST

  The next lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre is scheduled on September 1, between 6 to 7 p.m.

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  Anti-malarial drug: New discovery offers new hope towards prevention from the deadly disease

  August 30, 2019 18:02 IST

  A new drug has been discovered by a team of scientists in the US which unleashes a new hope to prevent the spreading of malaria. The drug aims to kill the parasite at all stages of its life cycle along with treating the patient suffering from the deadly disease. 

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  Chandrayaan-2 officially goes further than its predecessor Chandrayaan-1, says ISRO

  September 03, 2019 15:46 IST

  Chandrayaan-2, which carries a dream of placing a rover on the lunar surface, has lowered its orbit around the Moon with just days to go for the D-Day when the lander Vikram will separate from the spacecraft.

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  Canadian astronomers develop fingerprint of Earth's atmosphere

  August 29, 2019 18:49 IST

  The SCISAT satellite was developed by the Canadian Space Agency to help scientists understand the depletion of the Earth's ozone layer by looking at particles in the atmosphere as sunlight passes through them. With its help, the study says, astronomers can tell what molecules are found in a planet's atmosphere by observing the changes in starlight as it shines through the atmosphere. 

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  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully assembled

  August 29, 2019 18:56 IST

  Once in space, the telescope will explore the cosmos, planets and moons within our solar system as well as the most ancient and distant galaxies using infrared light, NASA said on Wednesday.

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  Ethiopian fossil reveals face of 'Lucy' ancestor who lived almost 4 million years ago

  August 29, 2019 15:48 IST

  The find, from 3.8 million years ago, reveals the face for a presumed ancestor of the species famously represented by Lucy, the celebrated Ethiopian partial skeleton found in 1974.

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  Chandrayaan-2 just 11 days closer to moon, enters new lunar orbit

  September 03, 2019 15:46 IST

  The orbit manoeuvre began at 9.04 am and took 1190 seconds (approx 19.83 minutes) to complete. The orbit achieved is 179 km x 1412 km distance said ISRO.

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  First crime in space: NASA astronaut accused of accessing estranged partner's bank account from space

  August 27, 2019 17:51 IST

  Nasa Astronaut Crime Latest news: What do you do in case of a strange transaction on your credit card? Or if you find out that your account has been accessed by someone other than you. You quickly call your bank right? But what happens if the computer was not present on earth. Aliens then? This case is out of this world. Literally.

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  2 Uttar Pradesh students to witness Chandrayaan 2 landing with PM Modi

  September 03, 2019 15:46 IST

  They may not have touched the moon but they will witness the historic landing of Chandrayaan-2 on the moon along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at ISRO control room in Bengaluru next month.

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  Russian capsule carrying robot docks at International Space Station after last week's failed attempt

  August 27, 2019 16:28 IST

  A Russian space capsule carrying a humanoid robot has successfully docked at the International Space Station after a failed attempt last week.

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  ALERT: Asteroid as tall as Burj Khalifa to fly past Earth next month

  August 27, 2019 16:13 IST

  A word of caution! An asteroid as tall as the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, is set to fly past Earth next month. This definitely sounds scary! According to the Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), asteroid 2000 QW7 will zip past the third rock from the Sun on September 14.

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  ISRO releases fresh set of photos of moon craters

  August 26, 2019 19:37 IST

  ISRO on Monday released a fresh set of photographs of the surface of the moon and its craters taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera-2 of the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft.  

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  India to launch Cartosat-3 satellite in Oct/Nov: ISRO

  August 26, 2019 15:05 IST

  He said Cartosat-3 will be launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.

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  ISRO releases Moon picture showing Mare Orientale basin

  August 22, 2019 20:58 IST

  Indian space agency on Thursday released the first Moon image shot by Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. The picture was taken at a height of about 2,650 km from the Moon surface on August 21, 2019.

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  ISRO performs 2nd lunar-bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2

  September 03, 2019 15:46 IST

  "Second Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully today (August 21, 2019) beginning at 1250 hrs IST as planned, using the onboard propulsion system.

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  IIT-Mandi developing technology to convert heat into electricity

  August 20, 2019 13:32 IST

  Generating power from heat, for example, is attractive as there is a lot of heat that is created through human activities in industry, power plants, home appliances and automobiles where most of this heat is lost, they said.

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  Our hearts stopped, says ISRO chief as Chandrayaan-2 enters lunar orbit

  September 03, 2019 15:47 IST

  Post the successful insertion, the officials rejoiced and greeted each other on an exceptional feat, which ISRO Chief K Sivan explained as something that held them speechless and spellbound for minutes.