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ISRO YUVIKA 2026: Registration ends on March 31 for fully-funded young scientist programme at jigyasa.iirs.gov.in
April 01, 2026 8:17 am
The initiative is aimed at nurturing early interest in space science among school students. It offers a two-week residential training programme that introduces participants to the fundamentals of space technology, applications, and research.
India’s navigation satellite system suffers major setback: 1 of 4 operational IRNSS satellites fails
March 15, 2026 2:09 am
At least four indigenous navigation satellites must be fully operational for the NavIC system to provide navigation services to the public and government agencies such as railways and the military.
‘World’s most expensive sponge bath’: Shubhanshu Shukla shows how astronauts stay clean in space
March 07, 2026 5:22 pm
Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the ISS and only the second Indian in space after Rakesh Sharma, shared a video on X explaining the unusual routine astronauts follow to stay clean while orbiting Earth.
Broken electrical circuit behind ISRO's failed launch of NVS-02 in January 2025: Committee
February 27, 2026 4:33 am
The space agency has also constituted a committee to review the reason for anomalies in the PSLV rocket following a failed launch in January this year
ISRO YUVIKA 2026: Eligibility, dates for two-week residential programme
February 24, 2026 11:25 am
The programme will be conducted at nine ISRO centres including the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Satish Dhawan Space Centre and U R Rao Satellite Centre, among others.
Why is an Indian satellite capturing photos of the ISS being seen as a technical milestone?
February 17, 2026 11:38 am
There arise obvious difficulties in taking photos in Space. Overcoming them indicates sound technical capabilities, which can be transferable in monitoring and wider Space security-related tasks.
From Russia to Axiom-4: Indian astronauts face challenge of adapting lessons to Gaganyaan mission
February 12, 2026 12:29 pm
Group Captains Shubanshu Shukla and Prashant B Nair said that astronauts picked for the Gaganyaan mission had a responsibility to develop protocols for human space flights like Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong once did.
Behind ISRO rocket's second straight failure is a third-stage problem
January 13, 2026 10:36 am
The Indian space agency's PSLV rocket failed to reach its intended orbit after running into trouble in the third stage. Something similar happened with the previous PSLV launch in May 2025.
Country that used to carry rockets & satellites on bicycles, bullock carts now ranked first in many fields globally: ISRO chairman
January 06, 2026 11:55 am
As many as 40,245 students were awarded degrees, diplomas and certificates and 342 medals and 66 students scholarships in the convocation ceremony
After missing multiple deadlines, Gaganyaan’s first uncrewed mission likely to lift-off by March
January 02, 2026 7:18 am
This mission will use an unpressurised crew module to demonstrate the complete mission — the human-rated launch vehicle will put the spacecraft in a low earth orbit, ensure re-entry of the crew module, a smooth splashdown and recovery of the module.
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO) PHOTOS
ISRO’s LVM3-M6 rocket successfully launches BlueBird Block-2 communications satellite
December 24, 2025 2:35 pm
ISRO successfully launched its heavy-lift LVM3-M6 ‘Bahubali’ rocket from Sriharikota, placing the US-built BlueBird Block-2 communications satellite into its intended low Earth orbit, marking a key commercial milestone for India’s space programme
ISRO recruitment 2020 for 12th pass: How to apply
February 17, 2020 4:14 pm
ISRO recruitment 2020: A total of 182 vacancies are advertised under this recruitment drive. Interested can apply at the official website, ursc.gov.in till March 6
ISRO loses touch with Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander, PM says 'effort was worth it'
September 08, 2019 7:42 am
Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander failed to make a smooth soft-landing, unable to bring down its speed to the required level.
Hiring in ISRO: Apply to get Rs 45,000 per month
September 06, 2019 3:42 pm
A total of 86 vacancies are available for the posts of Human Space Flight Center (HSFC). To be eligible for the job, candidates will have to appear for a written test followed by skill test
Chandrayaan-2: All the images clicked by ISRO's second lunar mission in its journey so far
September 06, 2019 6:03 pm
Here are all pictures clicked by ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 mission in its journey so far.
ISRO's Chandrayaan-2: All photos sent by India's second lunar mission so far
August 23, 2019 5:04 pm
The first image of the Moon taken by Chandrayaan-2 was released by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday. Here are all the images taken by India's second lunar mission so far.
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