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Following China, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is now planning to set up a  satellite ground control station in the bleak desolation of the North Pole. The station will primarily augment Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) operations that are crucial for civilian needs like disaster management, and for the needs of the armed forces.

On Friday, ISRO chief K Sivan said that the space agency had set a target of sending Indian astronauts, including women, to space by December 2021, as part of the Gaganyaan mission. Earlier, the target had been 2022. Sivan's comments came during a press conference in Bengaluru on ISRO's missions.

ISRO has launched India's latest spy satellite, RISAT-2BR1, aboard its PSLV-C48 workhorse. The launch, which also delivered nine foreign satellites into orbit, marked the 50th mission for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle that went into operation all the way back in 1993. Here are more details.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan today announced that India's third lunar mission, Chandrayan-3, is on and the government has approved it.

On August 15, PM Modi announced, to the world's surprise and, ironically, to ISRO's surprise, that India would send humans to space by 2022. The announcement sent the space agency scuttling to make requisite arrangements. However, the crucial question of why ISRO wasn't consulted still looms large.

भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन (ISRO) का चंद्रयान-2 चांद की सतह पर उतरने के एक कदम और नजदीक पहुंच गया है।अब यह चांद की सतह से महज 35 किलोमीटर दूर है। बुधवार तड़के विक्रम लैंडर को फिर डि-ऑर्बिट किया गया। अब यह चंद्रमा की आखिरी कक्षा में पहुंच गया है। यहां से यह 7 सितंबर को रात 1.55 मिनट पर चांद की सतह पर उतरेगा। सुबह 5.30 से 6.30 बजे के बीच प्रज्ञान रोवर विक्रम लैंडर से बाहर आएगा।

The police have arrested one Janagama Srinivas (39) in the murder of S Suresh Kumar (56), an employee of ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC). Reportedly, Srinivas had sexual relations with Kumar and killed him at his home in Ameerpet, Hyderabad, after the latter refused to pay him.

Indian space journeys are making waves for the right reason. ISRO, India's space agency, is seeking to tap the market for commercial launch services using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle...

Over two decades back, a spy scandal rose in Kerala that involved two space scientists, two foreign women, sex and rocket secrets that could pose big "threat" to India's national security. Howev...

What the sad and major set back news to Indian Government, scientists and public this evening is that GSLV-D3 failed to ignite and crashed into the bay of bengal. The domestically developed booster technology failed the mission, the technology only mastered by five countries in the world as of now.