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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a race for making the first footprint in the uncharted territory of the south pole of Moon, Russia’s Luna-25 mission, which was launched on August 11 — 28 days after India’s Chandrayaan-3 lifted off from Sriharikota on July 14, is likely to make a soft landing on the Moon on Monday (August 21) if everything goes smoothly, just two days prior to the scheduled soft landing of India’s lander module. Russia's Luna-25 mission has entered the Moon orbit of Earth 's satellite, Russian space agency Roscosmos announced on Wednesday afternoon. It said all systems aboard Luna-25 are performing optimally with stable communication. 03:38 Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Vikram lander separates successfully, now landing on Moon on August 23 Since Wednesday, Luna-25 will now circle the Moon for around five days and then change course for a soft landing on the south pole on August 21. The exact landing site is at the Boguslawsky crater at 72.9°S 43.2°E (close to where Chand...

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Chandrayaan-3 mission , which was launched on Friday, “will take up the exploration of the Moon where India’s first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, left and in the process it will also look for resources that could sustain life” on the Earth’s natural satellite, Union space minister Jitendra Singh has said. In an interview to TOI , Jitendra Singh said, “Chandrayaan-1 was altogether a different mission as compared to all other space missions. This is because when India started its space journey in the early 1960s, then America was already busy with its Apollo manned missions to the Moon. Though the US had landed on the Moon decades ago, they had not found any evidence of water on the Moon in the past.” He said, “When Chandrayaan-1 found the first concrete evidence of water molecules on the Moon (in 2009), then it started a new chapter in space research. Nasa also showed interest in our Moon mission. Hence, Chandrayaan-3 will dig deeper and continue the resear...

[ad_1] Ritu Karidhal joined ISRO in November 1997. After serving as the Deputy Operations Director of the Mangalyaan-1 mission, Dr Ritu Karidhal was appointed as the Mission Director of the Chandrayaan-2 program. The Chandrayaan-3 mission was successfully launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday at 2:35 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Chandrayaan-3 is the country’s third lunar mission and second attempt at a soft landing on the surface of the moon. A top ISRO official stated earlier that approximately 54 female engineers and scientists were actively involved in the Chandrayaan-3 program. These individuals were assigned a variety of jobs, including associates, deputy project directors and project managers for various systems. The mission is led by Dr Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, one of the senior scientists at ISRO. Often called the ‘Rocket woman of India’ Dr Srivastava has helmed many important projects at ISRO in...

[ad_1] SRIHARIKOTA: Isro on Friday successfully launched the LVM3 in its fourth operational mission and put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the intended orbit. The launch vehicle’s smooth performance — it placed the spacecraft in the precise orbit of 36,500km as planned — has added to Isro’s confidence, which has spent nearly four years planning its third lunar mission. "Congratulations India. Chandrayaan-3, in its precise orbit, has begun its journey to the Moon. Health of the spacecraft is normal," Isro chief S Somnath said, adding: "Let us wish all the best for the Chandrayaan-3 craft to make its further orbit raising manoeuvres and travel towards the moon in the coming days." Mission director Mohan Kumar and the Isro chairman reiterated how the LVM3 has grown to become Isro’s most reliable heavy-lift rocket, while Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSCC) director S Unnikrishnan Nair, said: “Launching three LVM-3 rockets in one year is an herculean task an...

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India's third lunar mission , set for launch on Friday, is loaded with more fuel, a slew of safety measures and a bigger landing site, with ISRO saying it has opted for a "failure-based design" for the second attempt to ensure that the rover successfully lands on the moon even if some things go wrong. Chandrayaan-3 , set for lift-off at 2:35 pm on July 14, will be a follow-up mission after the crash-landing of Chandrayaan-2 in September 2019 due to a software glitch. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath on Monday said instead of a success-based design in Chandrayaan-2, the space agency opted for a failure-based design in Chandrayaan-3, focused on what all can fail and how to protect it and ensure a successful landing. "We looked at very many failures – sensor failure, engine failure, algorithm failure, calculation failure. So, whatever the failure we want it to land at the required speed and rate. "So, there are...