ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization, will launch nine micro satellites for the United States in 2015-16, according to a news report in NDTV. India's space agency will launch these satellites using its polar satellite launch vehicle. "U.S. will be the 20th country to sign up for a commercial launch...
India To Test Human Crew Module in Space
Just months after achieving the milestone of a successful mission to Mars, India is ready to launch a human crew module and then retrieve it from the sea upon re-entry. The crew module will be launched as a payload on the GSLV Mark III rocket. "The rocket can carry up...
Jitendra Singh, Minister of Space and Nuclear Energy
Dr. Jitendra Singh is a man who wears many hats -- author, physician, columnist and a politician. Singh joined Narendra Modi's Bhartiya Janata Party in 2009 and is a member of the party's National Executive Committee. The Modi government has appointed him as the Union Minister of State for Atomic...
Mars Mission Scheduled for November 5 takeoff
India is expecting to launch a $73 million spacecraft, named MangalYaan toward the planet Mars on November 5, officials of the Indian Space Research Organization said. While India's space program has so far focused on aiding the country's development with Earth-observing satellites to spot potential sources of groundwater and monitor...