In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said: "Chandrayaan-3 ROVER: Made in India Made for the MOON! The Ch-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander and India took a walk on the moon!"
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Moving around moon, India’s moon rover leaving its imprint on lunar soil
The logo of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the national emblem have been engraved on the wheels of the rover to leave the imprint when it moves around.
India’s moon rover on the way out of moon lander: INSPACe Chief
“First photo of rover coming out of the lander on the ramp,” Pawan K Goenka, Chairman, INSPACe, the regulator for private players in the space sector, tweeted with the image.
ISRO to go for Sun next month with Aditya-L1 satellite, lines up other missions
The successful moon landing on Wednesday has come like a booster shot for the officials of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which is now gearing up for a mission to the Sun.
Moon's South Pole has deep craters shielded from sunlight for billions of years
Scientists believe frozen water might have accumulated in cold polar regions over millions of years and could provide a unique sample for scientists to analyse and understand the history of water in our solar system.
ISRO to launch of Sun mission 'Aditya L-1', says PM
As Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, while witnessing the occasion via video conferencing from Johannesburg, took the occasion to announce that ISRO is soon going to launch the ‘Aditya L-1’ mission for a detailed study of the Sun.
ISRO officials over the moon as lander touches lunar surface
“People wanted us to succeed. The ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 project team has put in tremendous effort. They have been breathing Chandrayaan-3 for the past four years,” M. Shankaran, Director, U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, said after India landed on the moon.
NASA, ESA congratulate India on success of Chandrayaan-3 mission
With the landing, a major portion of the Rs 600 crore Chandrayaan-3 mission has been realised. The remaining portion is the moon rover rolling down from the lander, moving around and doing the programmed experiments.
Know the companies which worked with ISRO for Chandrayaan-3 mission
On Wednesday evening, India’s moon lander successfully set its four legs softly and safely on the lunar soil as planned, and became the fourth nation in the world to achieve the feat.
Men behind India's Chandrayaan-3 mission
They were all men in the Chandrayaan-3 mission and they were confident of soft landing the country's moon lander on the lunar soil, a 'Mission Possible' after the failure of Chandrayaan-2.
Historic moment for us, says PM Modi as Chandrayaan-3 lands on Moon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its team for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon.
India will land on moon on Wednesday evening as scheduled: ISRO Chairman Somanath
The Indian space agency is focused on landing its moon lander on Wednesday evening and is not looking at any postponement or Plan B, said a top official about the country’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3.
Most of Musk's 153 mn X followers fake, just 453K subscribe to X Premium
Elon Musk has more than 153 million followers on his X (formerly Twitter) account but according to a new report, most of his followers are fake and the count is bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts.
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon
Russia's space agency Roscosmos has said that its Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it ran into "unspecified trouble", the media reported on Sunday.
All set for India’s moon lander to touch down on lunar soil
India’s moon lander is all set to make a landing on the lunar soil on August 23, 2023 evening as the final deboosting operation got over in the wee hours of Sunday, said Indian
India’s moon lander gets closer to Moon
“The Lander Module (LM) health is normal. LM successfully underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. The second deboosting operation is scheduled for August 20, 2023, around 0200 Hrs. IST,” ISRO tweeted.
Chandrayaan-3 getting closer to moon for landing, ISRO gears up for Sun
“Orbit circularisation phase commences. Precise maneuvre performed today has achieved a near-circular orbit of 150 km x 177 km. The next operation is planned for August 16, 2023, around 0830 Hrs. IST,” Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted.
Main coolant pipeline for third atomic power plant at Kudankulam completed
The welding of the main coolant pipeline at the upcoming third 1,000 MW atomic power plant at Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam got completed early this month, Russia’s integrated nuclear power major Rosatom said on Friday.
After 47 years, Russia journeys to Moon with Luna-25
Luna-25 took off atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny launch facility in Russia at 2:10 a.m. Moscow time (4:40 am IST) on Friday, TASS news agency reported.
WHO designates 'Eris' Covid strain 'variant of interest' as cases rise globally
"Based on the available evidence, the public health risk posed by EG.5 is evaluated as low at the global level," WHO stated, adding that the risk appeared to be comparable to that of other circulating variants of interest.
Google launches redesigned 'Arts & Culture' app for Android
"The diverse content on the Google Arts & Culture platform-- contributed by over 3,000 partners from across the globe-- provides a place where everyone can engage with a breadth of diverse cultural contributions and explore their common threads through a cultural lens," the tech giant said in a blogpost on Wednesday.
BGMI maker Krafton pledges $150 mn investment in India
Beyond game development studios, the company’s investments span diverse and complementary sectors, including, Esports, multimedia entertainment, content creation and audio platforms.
Researchers easily hypnotise AI chatbot ChatGPT into hacking: Report
According to tech major IBM, researchers have described simple workarounds for getting large language models (LLMs) -- including ChatGPT -- to write malicious code and provide poor security advice.
Oracle unveils Compute Cloud@Customer to help customers seamlessly manage workloads
Cloud major Oracle on Wednesday announced Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer, a new cloud infrastructure that enables organisations to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) compute services anywhere.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X75 gets fastest 5G speed record, achieves 7.5 Gbps downlink
Chip maker Qualcomm on Wednesday announced that the Snapdragon X75 5G Modem-RF System is continuing to push the boundaries of 5G performance by setting a new world record on sub-6 GHz spectrum, achieving a 7.5 Gbps downlink speed.