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It was a tense 30-minute: ISRO chief shares how anxiety turned into joy as Chandrayaan-2 injected into lunar orbit

Moon-bound Chandrayaan-2 on Tuesday successfully entered the lunar orbit in a major milestone for the ambitious moon mission of India. It was a tense 30-minute operation, ISRO Chairman K Sivan told IANS. He shared how tension and anxiety turned into a joyous occasion.   

Chandrayaan 2 successfully placed in lunar orbit, all eyes now on September 7 moon landing

In a massive feat, moon-bound Chandrayaan 2 has been successfully placed in the moon's orbit. Now all eyes are on the September 7 moon landing.

Chandrayaan-1 team was anxious till spacecraft entered lunar orbit

Officials had the pictures of their favourite deities on their computer consoles. Some had laddus from the famed the Venkatachalapathy Temple in Tirupati.

Chandrayaan-2 aces crucial 'agnipariksha': Know why was this manoeuvre tricky

It will be a rigorous "agnipariksha" of sorts for the moon-bound Chandrayaan-2 on Tuesday when the spacecraft undergoes a crucial orbit manoeuvre today. After a nearly 30-day journey, India's second mission the moon will be inserted into the lunar orbit between 8.30 am to 9.30 am this morning.

VIDEO | Comet's death dive captured on camera, sungrazer rams into sun

An amazing video captured by the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft jointly launched by NASA and the European Space Agency in 1995, shows how a comet getting fully destroyed while diving towards the sun.

New tiny endoscope captures 3-D images of objects smaller than cell

As a minimally invasive tool for imaging features inside living tissues, the extremely thin endoscope could enable a variety of research and medical applications, they said. The lensless fibre endoscope is approximately the size of a needle, allowing it to have minimally invasive access and high-contrast imaging as well as stimulation with a robust calibration against bending or twisting of the fibre

IIT Madras develops robot with good grasping capability

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) have developed a Multimodal Robotic System with good grasping, manipulation and locomotion abilities for use in industrial and field applications, the IITM said on Wednesday.

Chandrayaan-2 leaves earth's orbit, moving towards moon

India's second moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' left the earth's orbit early on Wednesday, 23 days after being launched, and is moving towards the moon following the successful completion of a crucial manoeuvre by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Israel plans to launch satellite to record black holes

Israel plans to launch into space in 2023 an "innovative" scientific satellite with a unique space telescope that will investigate and record cosmic explosions and black holes, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in Israel reported on Monday.

Chandrayaan-2 to reach moon's orbit on August 20: ISRO

The 3,850-kg Chandrayaan-2, a three-module spacecraft comprising orbiter, lander and rover, which was launched on July 22, would make a landing on the moon on September 7, the ISRO chief said.

Jupiter just got smacked. And we are not kidding

A photograph captured by amateur astronomer Ethan Chappel has emerged online that shows an asteroid slamming into Jupiter on Wednesday (August 7).

Chandrayaan-2 orbit successfully raised for fifth time

According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the orbit of Chandrayaan-2 was raised to an orbit of 276x142,975 km by firing the spacecraft's onboard motors for 1,041 seconds. All spacecraft parameters were normal.

Moon, Mercury may contain more water ice than thought

The poles of Mercury and the Moon are among the coldest places in our solar system. Unlike Earth, the spin axes of Mercury and the Moon are oriented such that, in their polar regions, the Sun never rises high above the horizon.

India test-fires Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile from test range in Odisha

India on Sunday test-fired a sophisticated all-weather and all-terrain Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha. The state-of-the-art missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the India Army.

Want to watch Chandrayaan-2 landing on moon Live with PM Modi? Here's your chance

India's second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, will land on moon on September 7 after crossing varied phases. Those who want to watch the landmark event Live with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they definitely stand a chance. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will begin an Online Space Quiz, starting off on August 10 and ending on August 20.

Chandrayaan-2 camera sends back beautiful first pictures of earth. See photos

Chandrayaan-2 camera has captured five never-seen-before shots of the earth from LI4. On August 2, Chandrayaan-2 marked the successful completion of the fourth orbit raising maneuver. The last earth bound maneuver is planned on August 6, 2019.

Underwater glaciers melting much faster than predicted

"Tidewater glaciers around the globe -- in Greenland, Alaska, Antarctica and beyond -- are retreating and raising sea levels globally, submarine melting has been implicated as a trigger for this glacier retreat, but we have had no direct measurements of melting, let alone how it might vary in time," said study co-author Rebecca Jackson from Rutgers University in the US. 

Moon formed 50 million years after solar system, study startles

The Moon was formed about 50 million years after the solar system came into being, according to a study which suggests that the lunar body is significantly older than previously believed.

This new computer model can predict India's pollution levels months earlier

With the 'smog season' in northern Indian states just a few months away, US and Chinese scientists have developed a novel computer model that can help accurately predict air pollution levels in the region a season in advance.  

Elon Musk posts unedited video clip of Falcon rocket re-entry into Earth's atmosphere | Watch

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday took to Twitter to post an uncut, unedited and uninterrupted video clip of the Falcon 9 rocket's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The rocket made an entry into the Earth's atmosphere on July 25. 

3 steps closer to Moon: Chandrayaan-2 successfully performs third orbit raising task

India's second Moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 put into earth orbit on July 22, on Monday, successfully completed its third earth-bound orbit raising maneuver, ISRO said.  

IIT Hyderabad develops low-cost, eco-friendly solar cells using 'kumkum dye'

Feeling dehydrated? This wrist band will remind you to drink water

Named "Hydro Check", it uses sensors to monitor pulse rate, body temperature, ambient temperature and bioelectrical impedance. Bioelectrical impedance analysis is a commonly used method to estimate body composition, particularly body fat and muscle mass.

Indian scientists discover 28 new stars in Milky Way

Scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital have discovered 28 new variable stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

Chandrayaan-2 successfully performs 2nd orbit raising task: ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday confirmed the successful second orbit raising task by Chandrayaan-2. On July 22, the Chandrayaan-2 was injected into an elliptical orbit of 170x45,475 km by India's heavy-lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III) in a textbook style. As per the July 15 flight schedule, Chandrayaan-2's earthbound phase was 17 days and it is 23 days as per the new schedule.

Chandrayaan-2 to reach moon by August 20: ISRO

India's second moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 put into earth orbit on July 22, is scheduled to reach the Moon by August 20, the Indian space agency said on Wednesday.

Chandrayaan-2 successfully performs first earth bound orbit

The Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on July 22. At exactly 2.43 p.m, the Rs 375 crore GSLV-Mk III rocket began its ascent into space from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC).

ISRO's commercial arm launched 239 satellites in last 3 years: Govt

In reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office Jitendra Singh said the government has already set up NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) under the administrative control of Department of Space (DOS) on March 6, 2019 to commercially exploit the research and development work of ISRO centres and constituent units of DOS.