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Mumbai: Veteran space scientist Eknath Vasant or EV Chitnis, who turned 100 on July 25 this year and played a key role in taking India to the stars in his lifetime, breathed his last in Pune on Oct 22. In the last six months, two Indian space legends have passed away. On April 25 this year, Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, called 'the father of India's moon mission', died following a prolonged illness. Describing Chitnis, scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) called the Padma Bh ...Read More >
This year, India's space agency ISRO is gearing up for two exciting LVM-3 rocket launches. As the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission approaches its grand finale, plans are already underway for future milestones, including Chandrayaan-4, which aims to return samples from the moon, and a vision for an Indian space station by 2035. ISRO has scheduled two launches of its heavy-lift rocket LVM-3 to place in orbit two satellites -- CMS-03 and private US communications satellite BlueBird--before this ...Read More >
Chennai - Spacetech pioneer Agnikul Cosmos today announced its commitment to full rocket reusability, aiming to ensure that no part of its rockets are fully expended or left behind. The announcement was made at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2025 in Sydney, Australia aligning with the event's theme of "Sustainable Space: Resilient Earth". Backed by multiple patents secured in the US, Europe, and India for Agnikul's proprietary multi-purpose and reusability technologies, the compa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Space start-up Agnikul Cosmos announced on Monday that the rockets it plans to build will be fully reusable, allowing it to offer satellite-launch services at globally-competitive prices. The Chennai-based start-up made the announcement at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney and asserted that it is aiming to ensure that no part of its rockets is fully expended or left behind. Agnikul carried out its maiden sub-orbital test flight of its 3D-printed rocket, ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Isro has successfully completed the development of the Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, marking a milestone in the programme's progress. The qualification test programme concluded with a full-duration hot test of the SMPS that lasted 350 seconds. "The test, conducted on July 11, validated the propulsion system's integrated performance for an off-nominal mission profile involving a service module-based mission abort. The system perfor ...Read More >
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