October 21, 2025 2:35 am
The finding, the first experimental proof of its kind, could help scientists design safer lunar missions and bases resistant to solar storms.
May 15, 2025 8:36 am
Chandrayaan-5, also known as LUPEX (Lunar Polar Exploration), is a joint project between ISRO and JAXA to study water and water-ice both on the lunar surface and the subsurface. Weighing 6.5 tonnes, it is proposed to lift off on a Japanese rocket, H3, sometime in 2027-28.
May 12, 2025 1:12 pm
Isro satellites are also in operation to implement various projects in the Northeastern states, V Narayanan said during the fifth convocation ceremony of the Central Agricultural University near Agartala.
March 17, 2025 9:52 am
The Chandrayaan mission consists of studying the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-1 successfully launched in 2008 took chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. The Chandrayaan-2 mission (2019) was 98 per cent success but just two per cent of the Mission could not be achieved in the final stages.
March 17, 2025 5:03 pm
Space is an area where India has been functioning almost at the cutting edge, and there's evidence that the brain drain is starting to reverse.
March 12, 2025 8:14 am
As of now, water-ice on the Moon is understood to be present only in the polar regions, particularly under the craters where the Sun’s rays are unable to reach.
February 20, 2025 8:10 am
The successful hop experiment came as a surprise for everyone since ISRO had never talked about it previously, and it was never a part of original mission
February 14, 2025 7:35 am
An independent body under the Department of Space has identified over 150 such technologies.
January 09, 2025 11:55 am
Dr V Narayanan will have to steer the Gaganyaan, Chandrayaan-4 landing mission, and ensure the success of commercialisation of Isro’s small satellite launch vehicle.
October 27, 2024 10:38 pm
The ISRO chairman disclosed that a joint moon-landing mission with Japan space agency JAXA, originally named LUPEX, or Lunar Polar Exploration, would be the Chandrayaan-5 mission. He did not mention the expected time frame for launch.
August 23, 2023 10:22 pm
January 02, 2020 7:31 pm
ISRO is working on both the Chandrayaan-3 and Gaganyaan in 2020. However, the launch of Chandrayaan-3 might be pushed back to 2021.



