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With Several Rocket Launches Planned, A Busy Year Ahead For ISRO

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 16, 2018

The Indian space agency will have a busy year-end with several rocket launches planned from its rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, said a top official.

DRDO Sucessfully Tests BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 16, 2018

Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was today successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.

ISRO Successfully Conducts Vikas Engine Ground Test

Press Trust of India | Monday July 16, 2018

The test for a duration of 195 seconds was conducted by scientists at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.

Engine To Improve Payload Of Launch Vehicles Successfully Tested by ISRO

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 16, 2018

The Indian Space Research Organization said today that it had successfully conducted a ground test of its high thrust version of the Vikas Engine that would improve the payload capability of the space agency's launch vehicles.

HRD Panel Drafting New Education Policy Gets Third Extension

Education | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 8, 2018

The panel headed by the former ISRO chief Dr. K Kasturirangan, which was supposed to submit the report by June 30, now has time till August 31.

ISRO Developing Technologies for Manned Space Mission

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday July 7, 2018

ISRO Chairman K Sivan said very complex technology was used for the trial of safe crew escape in an emergency, with a unique motor for fast-burning.

Space Tech From ISRO To Help UP Police Map Crimes

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday July 7, 2018

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for crime mapping analytics and predictive systems, an official spokesman said.

ISRO Tested Its Critical Crew Escape Feature At Sriharikota Today

Science | Written by Pallava Bagla | Thursday July 5, 2018

As part of its preparations to send an Indian astronaut into space using an indigenous rocket in the future, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today tested the crew escape module, which is critical to ensure safety of the astronauts in case a rocket explodes on the launch pad.

ISRO Tests Crew Escape System Critical for Human Spaceflight

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 5, 2018

ISRO on Thursday carried out the first in a series of tests to qualify a crew escape system.

India's Quest For Trillion-Dollar Nuclear Fuel On Moon: Foreign Media

India News | Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg | Wednesday June 27, 2018

India's space program wants to go where no nation has gone before -- to the south side of the moon. And once it gets there, it will study the potential for mining a source of waste-free nuclear energy that could be worth trillions of dollars.

For Clean Air This Winter, Government Eyes Satellite-Based Tech

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 26, 2018

The Union Environment Ministry on Monday held meeting with expert institutions including ISRO to discuss the satellite-based measurement for improving air quality information and management ahead of the winters.

Indian Scientists Discover Sub-Saturn Size Planet

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 22, 2018

This discovery is very important for understanding the formation mechanism of such super-Neptune or sub-Saturn kind of planets.

"Students Can Ask For Moon": A Lunar Mission Claimed To Be 1st In World

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 19, 2018

An ambitious students' driven private lunar mission, claimed to be the first such initiative in the world, is in the offing by a team of young scientists, the brains behind the 64 gram 'KalamSat' satellite, launched by NASA in June 2017.

ISRO to Transfer Lithium Ion Cell Tech to Indian Electric Vehicle Industry

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 12, 2018

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the initiative will accelerate the development of indigenous electric vehicle industry.

In Big Boost To ISRO, Centre Approves Rs 10,000 Crore Plan For Future Missions

India News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Thursday June 7, 2018

Giving a boost to the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, the central government has approved the over-10,000 crore plan to give an impetus to the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III programmes. The move will help ISRO further its launches of the light and heavy satellites.