Arrested NASA scientist worked on Chandrayaan-1

NEW DELHI - A senior NASA scientist who has been arrested in the US for alleged espionage was one of the main investigators of an American scientific instrument that flew aboard India’s lunar craft Chandrayaan-1.

India’s moon mission lauded in Dhaka daily

DHAKA - Applauding India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission and the discovery of water on the moon, a Dhaka daily has said the find has significantly widened the scope for space research.

Chandrayaan-I a 110 percent success, asserts ISRO chief

BANGALORE - By finding water on the lunar surface, India’s maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has completed “110 percent of the objectives”, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday.

Chandrayaan-1 was a fantastic success: European scientist

BANGALORE - Indian media should stop criticising the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for abruptly terminating Chandrayaan-1 and instead applaud the success of its moon mission, a European space scientist has said.

Neil Armstrong: moon day

Let’s remember and celebrate the great day, yes July 20  is the moon-day. Forty years back in this day Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had a little moon walking on the surface of moon.

Solar eclipse 2009

This solar eclipse will be one of those much waiting celestial phenomenon a total solar eclipse. It will be seen in India  from 5.35 a.m. to 7.25 a.m. of July 22. and there will be a total eclipse for the duration of 6 minutes and 47 seconds.

Despite glitches, ISRO confident of Chandrayaan-I completing mission

CHENNAI - The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) first lunar mission Chandrayaan-I may have suffered technical setbacks within a year of its launch, but the organisation is confident that the spacecraft will complete its mission.

India’s mooncraft set right after sensor malfunction

BANGALORE - Indian space scientists have corrected the orientation of the countrys first lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 after one of its sensors malfunctioned, a senior official said Friday.

Record UFO sightings in 2009 claimed by Britons

Brits reported record 231 UFO sightings in 2009

China may put first woman in space by 2012

BEIJING - China’s first astronaut, Yang Liwei, has revealed that Chinese women would soon be seen in space.

Chandrayaan-II to be launched by 2013

KOLKATA - India’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan-II is likely to be launched by 2013, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Saturday.