Chandrayaan-3 undergoes last Moon-bound maneouvre, prepares for propulsion and lander module seperation

Bengaluru: India’s ambitious third Moon mission’s spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on Wednesday successfully underwent a fifth and final Moon-bound orbit maneouvre, bringing it even closer to the lunar surface. With this, the spacecraft has completed its lunar-bound maneouvres and it will now prepare for the propulsion module and the lander module separation, ISRO said. “Today’s successful firing, needed…

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Chandrayaan-3 undergoes another orbit reduction maneuver, gets closer to Moon’s surface

Bengaluru: Chandrayaan-3 ventured closer to the lunar surface on Monday with another successful maneuver of the spacecraft by ISRO, the national space agency said. The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said the spacecraft has now achieved a “near-circular orbit” around the Moon. Post its launch on July 14, Chandrayaan-3, the country’s ambitious third Moon mission, had entered…

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ISRO gearing up for mission to study Sun, satellite arrives at Sriharikota for launch

Bengaluru: Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for its launch soon, ISRO said on Monday. The satellite, realised at U R Rao Satellite Centre here, has arrived at the ISRO’s spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said in an update on the mission….

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ISRO congratulates Russian counterpart Roscosmos for launch of its Moon mission Luna-25

Bengaluru: ISRO on Friday congratulated Russian space agency Roscosmos for the successful launch of its Moon mission Luna-25, the country’s first lunar lander in 47 years. The Russian mission coincides with India’s third lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 as both landers target to land on Moon’s surface on August 23. India and Russia are both aiming to be…

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Chandrayaan-3 gets closer to the Moon’s surface

Bengaluru: India’s ambitious third Moon mission ‘Chandrayaan-3’ spacecraft successfully underwent another orbit reduction maneuver on Wednesday, bringing it even closer to the Moon’s surface, ISRO said. Post its launch on July 14, Chandrayaan-3 entered into lunar orbit on August 5. “Even closer to the moon’s surface. Chandrayaan-3’s orbit is reduced to 174 km x 1437…

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ISRO successfully performs orbit reduction manoeuvre, brings Chandrayaan-3 closer to moon

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday said it has successfully carried out the orbit reduction manoeuvre of India’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3, a day after inserting it into the lunar orbit. The space agency said it will carry out the next such operation on August 9. “The spacecraft successfully underwent a planned orbit…

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Large Hadron Collider upgrade will open opportunities for India’s scientists, industry: CERN scientist

Gurugram, India is playing a major role and could play an even bigger one in the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator that helps scientists understand the fundamental structure of matter, says European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientist Archana Sharma. The upgrade of the LHC — a 27-km…

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AIG to train 2000 Surgeons at their doorstep

Hyderabad: AIG Hospitals, one of India’s largest tertiary care centers, Tuesday flagged off a state-of-the-art vehicle equipped with latest technology for surgical training. This is being done with the collaboration with Johnson & Johnson.  The vehicle starts its journey of 100 days covering 28 government and private medical institutions across 14 cities in 4 south-Indian…

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