ISRO yet to pick up rover built by IIT-K

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 22:22

ISRO had given a project to IIT Kanpur to develop a rover to be launched with Chandrayaan-II, which the university`s scientists completed in 2010, but the space agency was yet to pick it up and make part payment to the institute, according to its professor.

India to launch second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 by 2017

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:55

India is planning to launch the Chandrayaan-2, country`s second lunar exploration mission, in the next two to three years.

Large impact crater could hold clues about Moon`s mantle

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 11:31

Researchers sifting through data from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper that flew aboard India`s Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter found a diverse mineralogy in the subsurface of the giant South Pole Aitken basin.

NASA detects water on moon surface from Chandrayan data

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 23:47

M3 imaged the lunar impact crater Bullialdus, which lies near the lunar equator.

India to go alone in second moon mission

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11:08

India will go on its own in its second moon mission without any Russian tie-up, the parliament was told Wednesday.

Chandrayaan 2 may be an all India mission

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 00:39

Chandrayaan 2, the second mission to moon, could be an Indian programme all the way without any Russian support.

India`s second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 stuck in limbo

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 15:09

India`s second mission to Moon appears headed for a prolonged delay following uncertainty over availability of lander from Russia even as the `desi` rocket to launch the space odyssey would take time to become operational.