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  Mathura's famous 'Chhappan Bhog' dedicated to ISRO, India's moon mission

  India | September 13, 2019 18:33 IST

    Mathura's famous 'Chhappan Bhog' this year was dedicated to the ISRO and its future endeavours to explore the moon, an officer-bearer of the organising committee said on Friday.

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  ISRO to simulate varied scenarios to find why Vikram failed

  Science | September 13, 2019 16:52 IST

  The Indian space agency will simulate various scenarios, including what it has not done and what it had assumed, to arrive the probable cause of its moon lander Vikram hitting the lunar surface after veering away from its plotted path and losing communication link with ground stations, a retired senior ISRO official said.  

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  NASA's Deep Space Network beaming radio frequency to Lander Vikram

  Science | September 13, 2019 15:32 IST

  NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is sending radio signals to Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander to help ISRO establish communication. NASA's Deep Space Network has been beaming radio frequency to Vikram Lander.

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  Kumaraswamy's ridiculous jibe at PM: Modi stepping in ISRO centre brought 'bad luck' for Chandrayaan-2 mission

  India | September 12, 2019 22:47 IST

  Janta Dal (Secular) leader and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday irked controversy by making a ridiculous jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Chandrayaan 2 mission failure. Kumaraswamy blamed PM Modi or supposedly bringing “bad luck” for scientists after stepping at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) centre to watch Chandrayaan-2 mission.

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  Chandrayaan-2's orbiter capable of achieving "better results": Former ISRO Chief Kiran Kumar

  Science | September 12, 2019 19:24 IST

  Elaborating, Kumar said that the orbiter this time is equipped with critical instruments aimed at providing excellent results in comparison to Chandrayaan-1, launched more than a decade ago.

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  Why saying '15 minutes of terror' is disservice to science, senior ISRO advisor explains

  India | September 12, 2019 17:49 IST

  Even as serious attempts are being made by Indian space agency to establish communication link with its moon lander Vikram that crashed on to the lunar surface, a Senior Advisor in ISRO has explained in simple terms the landers planned operations.  

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  Why ISRO will have to meet Sept 21 deadline to establish contact with Vikram Lander

  Science | September 12, 2019 17:12 IST

  Lander Vikram has so far not responded to communications from ISRO. The Indian Space agency is in race against time to make the contact with Vikram before September 21.

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  Officials from NASA, CalTech visit ISRO HQ post Chandrayaan-2, meet K Sivan

  India | September 12, 2019 16:16 IST

  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said officials of the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) visited its headquarters and met its Chairman K.Sivan.

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  Calling Vikram: NASA joins ISRO to track Lander

  Science | September 12, 2019 17:00 IST

  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is continuing its attempt to reach out to India's moon lander sending communication signals with its Deep Space Network (DSN), said officials.

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  Chandrayaan-2: How is ISRO trying to communicate with Vikram Lander

  Science | September 11, 2019 20:27 IST

  India has its hopes alive on the ambitious Chandrayaan-2 moon mission even as ISRO, the Indian space agency, lost communication with the Vikram lander just some distance away from the lunar surface. It couldn't have a soft landing as planned. But nevertheless, the Indian space agency is trying its level best to establish communication with Vikram lander that has a mission life of 14 days.

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  ISRO will fix moon lander problem: Nobel laureate Serge Haroche

  India | September 11, 2019 16:10 IST

  Science poses surprises - sometimes failures and sometimes successes, according to Nobel laureate Serge Haroche, who said on Wednesday that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists will certainly try to fix the problem with India's first moon lander.  

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  Lander Vikram was just 335 metres away from moon when it lost contact

  Science | September 11, 2019 11:08 IST

  Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday found the location of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander, which had lost contact with the space agency from the Moon’s surface due to hard landing. However, in a major breakthrough, the data frozen on the big screens at the Mission Operations Complex at ISRO's Telemetry Tracking and Command Centre suggest a failure in the “fine braking phase” in the final part of Vikram’s journey (an altitude of 5 km to 400 m).

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  Devotees pray to Moon God to get back Vikram lander's contact

  India | September 10, 2019 18:44 IST

  The prayers included 'abishekam' (celestial bath), which was performed with several items, including honey and sandalpaste and followed by a community feast (Annadhanam), a temple official said on Tuesday.  

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  Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander: What is the current status

  India | September 11, 2019 19:52 IST

  Current status of Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander: The entire world is on tenterhooks, India is still hoping to re-connect with the Vikram Lander again. Infact, ISRO did have pieces of good news in the past some days. Everybody wants to know the current status of Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander, has India been able to re-establish connection with the Vikram Lander, will we ever able to have this Chandrayaan-2 breakthrough, will India be able to realise its moon mission. Well, these questions will be answered with time. Meanwhile, we have some of your questions answered here, according to the Indian space agency.

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  Opinion | We must keep the morale of our ISRO scientists high

  September 10, 2019 13:41 IST

  Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram had a hard landing on September 7 and an ISRO official told PTI that the lander was "intact and not broken". He also said that "it is in a tilted position. Though the lander hit the Moon's surface hard while landing, it was still very close to the scheduled touchdown site as per the image sent by the orbiter's onboard camera".

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  Vikram Lander safe but tilted, ISRO confirms efforts on to re-establish communication

  Science | September 10, 2019 11:31 IST

  ISRO on September 8 found the location of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander, which had lost contact with the space agency 2.1 km away from the Moon’s surface.

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  Arshad Warsi shares video of Pakistan's Chandrayaan-2, Twitterati can't stop laughing

  Celebrities | September 09, 2019 23:19 IST

  Known for his wit and humour, Arshad Warsi shared the hilarious video on his Twitter account. "I had no idea that Pakistan had also launched a rocket", said the actor.

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  Chandrayaan-2: Amul's ad on communication with Vikram Lander wins the internet

  Trending | September 09, 2019 20:26 IST

  The Indian Space Research Organisation is making every bit of an effort to make contact with the Vikram Lander. Indian dairy brand Amul too is hopeful of the communication and have made a beautiful topical ad on India's moon landing mission.

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  Mathura's famous 'Chhappan Bhog' to be dedicated to Chandrayaan-2, ISRO scientists

  India | September 09, 2019 18:52 IST

  Mathura's famous 'Chhappan Bhog' this year on September 12 will be dedicated to the Chandrayaan-2 project and ISRO scientists involved in the Moon mission, an officer-bearer of the organising committee said on Monday.

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  Pakistan's first female astronaut congratulates ISRO on Chandrayaan-2; says 'giant leap' for South Asia

  India | September 09, 2019 18:19 IST

  Amidst the Indo-Pak war of words over Kashmir, Pakistan's first female astronaut Namira Salim has congratulated India and ISRO for its Chandrayaan-2 mission, saying the attempt to make a landing on the Moon was itself a "giant leap" for South Asia and as well as for the entire global space industry.