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Chandrayaan-2
Chandrayaan-2 was India’s second lunar exploration mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was designed as a more advanced successor to Chandrayaan-1, with the ambitious...Chang’e 4 Project
Chang’e 4 is a planned Chinese lunar exploration mission, to be launched in late 2018, that will incorporate an orbiter, a robotic lander and rover. Chang’e 4 will be China’s second lunar lander and...PSLV versus GSLV
PSLV PSLV is designed mainly to deliver the ―earth-observation or ―remote-sensing‖ satellites with lift-off mass of up to about 1750 Kg to Sun-Synchronous circular polar orbits of 600-900...Yuegong-1
China has set up a 160-square-meter (1,720-square-foot) laboratory known as Lunar Palace 1 or Moon Palace 1 or Yuegong-1is a Chinese research facility for developing a moon base. It is an environmentally closed facility where...Venus Satellite
Israel has launched its first environmental research satellite named as Venus (Vegetation and Environment Monitoring New Micro-Satellite). It is a joint venture between the Israel Space Agency (ISA)...Aditya-L1 mission to be India’s first solar mission to take off in 2019
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the India’s first mission to the Sun “Aditya-L1 mission” from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on the PSLV- XL launch vehicle...What is the name of the largest living structure in the world?
Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef is the largest Coral Reef in the world and it is the largest single structure to be built by living organisms on...
India, Bangladesh sign 22 agreements
India and Bangladesh have signed 22 agreements in various fields such as defence, nuclear cooperation, judicial sector, earth sciences, navigation, peaceful uses of outer space, to boost bilateral...