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ISRO drones help to map disasters in north-east

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is using drones to map disasters in north-eastern States by collecting land details and add it to data from remote sensing satellites....

November 30, 2016

Renowned Scientist MGK Menon passes away

Acclaimed high energy particle physicist and an institution builder of Indian science  Prof. M G K Menon passed away. He was 88. He was Scientist, Science & Technology...

November 23, 2016

ISRO starts landing tests for Chandrayaan-2 mission

The Indian Space Research Organsiation (ISRO)  has started a series of ground and aerial tests linked to the critical Moon landing of Chandrayaan-2. These tests were started as...

October 25, 2016

Former ISRO Chariman UR Rao becomes first Indian to be inducted into IAF Hall of Fame

Former ISRO Chairman and space scientist Prof Udupi Ramachandra Rao became the first Indian to be inducted in the Hall of Fame of International Astronautical Federation (IAF). He...

October 5, 2016

Telangana inks MoU with ISRO to promote education

The Telangana government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to promote education. The MoU was inked between Department of Information Technology,...

September 29, 2016

ISRO successfully launches 8 satellites into two different orbits

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for first time has successfully launched eight satellites into two different orbits in a single mission. These satellites were launched onboard of...

September 26, 2016

ISRO conducts successful test launch of scramjet engine

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the first time has successfully conducted the Scramjet (or Supersonic Combusting ramjet) engine test. The test was conducted from Satish Dhawan...

August 29, 2016

MV Dhekane takes over as Director of IISU

Noted scientist M V Dhekane has assumed the office of Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. With this Dhekane becomes the seventh director of IISU...

July 5, 2016

Union Rural Development Ministry, ISRO ink MoU for geo-tagging MGNREGA assets

The Union Rural Development Ministry and ISRO, Department of Space have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for geo-tagging the assets created under MGNREGA in each gram panchayat....

June 27, 2016

ISRO sets record by successfully launching 20 satellites in single mission

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched a record 20 satellites in a single mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. These satellites including India’s latest...

June 22, 2016

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