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The former Secretary in the Department of Space and ex-Space Commission Chairman noted that the orbiter is healthy and functioning normally in the lunar orbit, and that Chandrayaan-2 had multiple objectives, including soft-landing. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrayaan-2 achieved 95 per cent of its mission objectives: Ex-ISRO chief

'Already, orbiter is in space and it should do an excellent job of mapping,' Nair added.

07 Sep 2019 12:20 PM

When PM Modi was greeting ISRO chief before leaving the ISRO control centre in Bengaluru, Sivan got emotional and PM then leaned forward, hugged and patted his shoulder. (Photo: Screengrab)

'My PM is human': Twitter reacts to PM Modi consoling ISRO chief

PM Modi's motivational speech and the warm hug to ISRO chief garnered loads of praises on social media.

07 Sep 2019 11:51 AM

The video clip showed PM Modi giving a warm hug and patting the shoulder of the ISRO chairman as he broke down. (Photo: Screengrab)

Watch: ISRO chairman gets emotional, PM Modi consoles

The Vikram module lost contact minutes before the crucial touchdown on the lunar surface in the early hours of Saturday.

07 Sep 2019 9:14 AM

Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) announcement that the communication with Vikram lander was lost evoked reactions from all bigwigs to common citizens across India, who stood in solidarity. (Photo: ANI)

'India's proud moment': Nation comes out in support of ISRO after Vikram lander's silence

From President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Modi to other political leaders across nation took to Twitter to support ISRO's Chandrayaan 2.

07 Sep 2019 9:00 AM

Modi asked ISRO scientists not to get disheartened by the hurdles in the moon mission Chandrayaan-2. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

'Best is yet to come, India is with you': PM Modi to ISRO scientists

PM also stated that irrespective of the setbacks, our resolve to reach to the moon has strengthened more.

07 Sep 2019 8:23 AM

Modi also met students from Bhutan and asked them whether they befriended Indian students. He gave autographs and got a group photograph clicked with the students. (Photo: ANI)

Aim big; don't let disappointment come in way: PM to students at ISRO HQ

'Forget about what you miss and never let disappointment enter in the way,' said Narendra Modi.

07 Sep 2019 8:17 AM

Chandrayaan-2, a follow-on mission to the Chandrayaan-1 mission undertaken more than a decade ago, comprises an orbiter, lander (Vikram) and rover (Pragyan). (Photo: PTI)

'Chandrayaan-2 orbiter healthy in lunar orbit,' says ISRO official after lander lost contact

The mission life of the 2,379-kg orbiter is one year.

07 Sep 2019 8:13 AM

Enthusiasm soon turned into a sense of despair at ISRO's Mission Operations Complex as India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2's lander 'Vikram' lost communication with the ground stations on Saturday just ahead of the soft landing. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrayaan 2 lander's ‘terrifying’ night witnessed cheerful claps to silence

Modi then got up from seat and walked down where ISRO scientists and engineers were seated, and had a chat with them.

07 Sep 2019 8:00 AM

We have made mission impossible possible: Sivan

Chandrayaan-2 is carrying 14 scientific instruments, including one from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the US.

07 Sep 2019 5:23 AM

'Here we are doing for the first time, so it will be fifteen minutes of terror for us," Sivan added. (Photo: FIle)

Landing will be like holding a newborn: ISRO chief on Chandrayaan-2's landing

PM Modi will be at the ISRO headquarters around midnight to watch the landing live with over 60 high school students across the country.

06 Sep 2019 11:11 AM

Following the landing, the rover 'Pragyaan' will roll out from 'Vikram' between 5.30 am and 6.30 am. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrayaan-2 set for historical landing; PM Modi to watch it live with children

'Vikram' with rover 'Pragyaan' is scheduled for a powered-descent between 1 am and 2 am on September 7.

06 Sep 2019 9:02 AM

The lunar bound orbit maneuver began at 9:04 hrs (India Standard Time). The orbit achieved is 179 km x 1412 km, ISRO added. (Photo: PTI)

ISRO says 3rd lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 successful

ISRO stated that all spacecraft parameters are normal and the next lunar bound orbit maneuver is scheduled on Aug 30 between 6-7 pm.

28 Aug 2019 11:32 AM

The Apollo is a 538 km-wide crater named after NASA's Apollo moon missions and it is located on the moon's southern hemisphere. The Mare Orientale, on the other hand, is said to be over 3 billion years old and about 950 km wide. (Photo: ISRO | Twitter)

Chandrayaan-2: ISRO posts first image of moon, shows 2 major landmarks

The image captured by Chandrayaan 2 shows two significant Moon landmarks, the Apollo crater and the Mare Orientale basin.

22 Aug 2019 8:53 PM

Chandrayaan-2 now enters lunar orbit

Tuesday saw the second successful effort by Isro to reach the moon at that precise orbit.

21 Aug 2019 5:26 AM

'For 30 minutes, our heart was almost stopping,' he said after the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) manoeuvre was completed successfully at 09:02 am. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Our heart almost stopped: ISRO Chief on Chandrayaan-2 manoeuvre

'Now the tension has only increased, not reduced,' Sivan said while addressing a press conference.

20 Aug 2019 12:56 PM

According to ISRO, by firing Chandrayaan-2 on-board motors, the space craft will be moved into the lunar orbit. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrayaan-2 makes it to lunar orbit, ISRO chief calls it 'major milestone'

After successful insertion, ISRO would carry out 4 more orbit maneuvers (Aug 21, 28, 30 and Sep 1) before Sep 7 landing on the moon.

20 Aug 2019 7:58 AM

‘On August 20, we will be carrying out lunar orbit insertion. By this process, Chandrayaan-2 will be revolving around the moon from August 20. Subsequently, we plan to perform a series of manoeuvres around the moon,’ Sivan said. (Photo: ANI)

Trans-lunar injection to move Chandrayaan-2 towards moon on Aug 14: ISRO chairman

‘After launching spacecraft on July 22, we performed several manoeuvres to make Chandrayaan-2 revolve around earth,’ Sivan said.

12 Aug 2019 7:24 PM

Chandrayaan-2, India's indigenous moon mission is set to launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh at 2.43 pm on Monday. (Photo: File)

Aiming for Moon, ISRO to launch Chandrayaan 2 at 2.43 pm today

The 20-hour countdown for the launch of India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1, began on Sunday evening.

22 Jul 2019 8:36 AM

ndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan on Sunday said that the technical snags that forced it to abort the scheduled launch of Chandrayaan-2. (Photo: ANI)

Ahead of Chandrayaan-2 launch ISRO chief says, 'technical snags rectified'

The Mission is slated to launch on July 22 at 2:43 pm.

21 Jul 2019 4:33 PM

'We have to sustain the Gaganyaan programme after the launch of (the) human space mission. In this context, India is planning to have its own space station,' Sivan told reporters in New Delhi. (Photo: File)

India planning to launch its own space station: ISRO chief

The ambitious project will be an extension of the Gaganyaan mission.

13 Jun 2019 4:03 PM

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