Chandrayaan-1

Chandrayaan-3, the upcoming lunar mission from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is scheduled to lift off on July 14 at 2:35pm IST. This will be ISRO's third mission to the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 will be launched in the coming days as the successor to Chandrayaan-2, which was sent towards the lunar surface approximate four years ago, on July 22, 2019. Unfortunately, the previous lunar mission faced partial failure due to it crash-landing on the surface of the Moon.While most of the functions and goals of the two…

A Mumbai-based private aerospace company has supplied critical components to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for its upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission. Liquid propulsion engines such as Vikas, CE20, and satellite thrusters for the lunar mission have been manufactured by Godrej Aerospace in its facility at Vikhroli in suburban Mumbai, a senior company official said on Monday.Maneck Behramkamdin, Assistant Vice-President and Business Head, Godrej Aerospace, said his company has been affiliated with the ISRO, an…

Chandrayaan-3, scheduled to be launched from Sriharikota this week, will make "India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the surface of the Moon", said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, on Sunday.He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent US visit was marked by significant space-related agreements indicating that the countries which had started their space journey long before India are today looking up to the country as an equal collaborator.After such a…

India’s space agency is getting ready to launch its latest mission to the Moon, hoping this one will stick the landing on the lunar surface.China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonThe Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14 at 5:05 a.m. ET. The mission will liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on board India’s Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket, according to ISRO. Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third mission to the Moon and the country’s second attempt to land on the…