The agency in a statement said the spacecraft was healthy and the performance of subsystems normalThe anticipated long life of this orbiter can contribute much to the current resurgence of interest among the global scientific community
2 min read21 Aug 2020Shanmuga Subramanian claimed that the rover had 'rolled out a few metres from the skeleton Vikram lander whose payloads got disintegrated due to rough landing'Last year, NASA credited Subramanian for having found the impact site of Chandrayaan 2’s lander Vikram
2 min read2 Aug 2020ISRO began the year with the launch of defence imaging satellite 'Microsat R' for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)Between July-September the focus was on the country's second moon mission Chandrayaan 2
3 min read21 Dec 2019ISRO chief's comments came after NASA said that it had found the remains of the Vikram landerThe Lander Vikram was to soft-land on the far side of the moon at on September 7
1 min read4 Dec 2019From an update on Vikram Lander to mannequins on the streets of Bengaluru, Lounge takes on some of the biggest updates of the week
2 min read1 Dec 2019After two successful de-orbiting maneuvers, powered descent of the lander was initiated on September 7 to achieve soft landing on the moon surfaceThe Lander 'Vikram' was separated, as planned, from the Orbiter on September 2 2019
1 min read20 Nov 2019Sivan said ISRO was putting its best efforts to process valuable data from Chandrayaan-2's OrbiterChandrayaan-2, India's second mission to the moon was launched on July 22
2 min read2 Nov 2019According to ISRO, the Moon has been continuously bombarded by meteorites, asteroids and comets since its formationImpact craters are approximately circular depressions on the surface of the moon
2 min read24 Oct 2019On September 7, the ISRO attempted a soft landing of Vikram on the uncharted lunar south poleThis event was India's first attempt to soft land on the Moon
2 min read23 Oct 2019Isro releases the first image of the surface of the moon captured by the IIRS payload on-board Chandrayaan 2The image covers part of the lunar farside in the northern hemisphere
1 min read19 Oct 2019The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared