Williams, whose father Deepak Pandya hails from Gujarat, said she was looking forward to visiting her father’s home country. She also expressed excitement about the future of Indian astronauts, particularly those who will be part of ISRO’s upcoming space missions.
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ISRO completes 1,000-hour life test on Stationary Plasma Thruster, set to replace chemical propulsion in future satellites
Noting that these thrusters use Xenon as the propellant, the ISRO said the Specific Impulse of the Electric Propulsion System, which is a major performance indicator of a space propulsion system, is at least 6 times that of the conventional propulsion system.
ISRO hits a ton, successfully launches navigation satellite
The satellite is the second in the series of the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) aimed to provide accurate position, velocity and timing to users in the Indian sub-continent as well as to regions about 1,500 km beyond the Indian land mass.
ISRO joins elite group after successfully docking satellites as part of SpaDeX Mission
With the successful docking of satellites, India has become the fourth country after US, Russia and China to accomplish the feat.
V Narayanan: New ISRO chief assumes charge succeeding S Somanath
Narayanan played a vital role in India’s lunar missions. For Chandryaan-2 and 3, he led the development of the L110 Liquid Stage, the C25 Cryogenic Stage, and propulsion systems that enabled the spacecraft to reach the Moon’s orbit and achieve a soft landing.
Space docking: ISRO launches SpaDeX mission, India joins elite club
India’s ISRO launches SpaDeX mission
ISRO begins countdown for Space Docking Experiment onboard PSLV-C60 rocket
A cost-effective technology demonstrator mission for in-space docking, it would make India join an elite list featuring China, Russia and the US.
ISRO’s PSLV rocket with satellites of ESA lifts off from Sriharikota
The launch was rescheduled to 4:04 pm today and a revised countdown was set after sorting out an anomaly detected in the propulsion system of one of the satellites on Wednesday, minutes before the launch.
“Liftoff Day is Here…”: History beckons ISRO with commercial mission for ESA’s ‘precision-flying’
The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency is using its proven Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) for the mission.
ISRO, Australian Space Agency sign IA for cooperation in human space flight
ISRO has embarked on the Human Spaceflight programme with an objective of demonstrating capability to carry out Low Earth Orbit in an Indian Crew Module with up to three crew members onboard, for up to three days and to safely recover the module.
