03 December 2019
Found! The remains of India's Vikram Lander are identified
... and professionals alike have been on the hunt for Vikram's remains. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team released ... in space exploration since childhood, deduced the Vikram lander’s flight path before landing from information gleaned...
06 September 2019
India's Chandrayaan-2 lander due to touchdown tonight
...power. It can travel up to 500 metres and, ike the Vikram lander is designed to last one lunar day (14 Earth days). The...origins. It will be a momentous occasion for India, if Vikram lands successfully, as the nation will become only the fourth country...
29 November 2021
Skyroot successfully test fires India's first privately developed cryogenic rocket engine
... will power the upper stages of its upcoming Vikram-2 orbital launch vehicle, one of three launch ... degree inclination 500 kilometre low Earth orbit (LEO). The largest rocket, Vikram-3 can transport 580 kilograms to SSPO, or 720 kilograms to LEO. ...
07 September 2019
Chandrayaan-2 lander fails to touchdown successfully
... thwarted as contact with Chandrayaan-2 was lost minutes before its Vikram module was due to touch down at the lunar south pole...afar. "Only 5 per cent of the mission has been lost - Vikram the lander and Pragyan the rover - while the remaining 95 per ...
22 July 2019
Its lift-off for India's Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission
... water, take images of the surface, and measure moonquakes, among other things. The lander—named after Vikram A. Sarabhai, who is widely regarded as the father of India's space programme—will try to land near the little...
06 January 2021
India lays out its space plans for the next 10 years
... required in the short term as well as the long term. Highlights of the plan include a continuance of the country’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) to carry forward its “competence in launch vehicle development towards heavy lift capabilities...
