Tag:ISRO

Skyroot's Vikram-1 reached orbit on July 18, 2026, making India the third nation with a home-grown private orbital rocket. Inside Mission Aagaman.

Inside Chandrayaan-4, India's ambitious lunar sample-return mission — five modules, two LVM3 launches, orbital docking, and about 3 kg of Moon rock by 2028.

Meet the four Indian Air Force test pilots training to become India's first astronauts on Gaganyaan — and how one of them already flew to the ISS.

How IN-SPACe, India's single-window space regulator, split roles with ISRO and NSIL, liberalized FDI, and turned one startup into 300-plus in six years.

How ISRO's Mangalyaan reached Mars orbit on its first attempt for about $74M — the engineering, the frugal-genius story, what it found, and Mangalyaan-2.

Chandrayaan-3 landed at the Moon's south pole in 2023 for a fraction of NASA costs — inside ISRO's Aditya-L1, Gaganyaan, NISAR, and PSLV program driving India's rise.

Governments worldwide spend over $100 billion annually on space. NASA, ESA, CNSA, JAXA, and ISRO each take a radically different approach. Here's the full breakdown of who spends what in FY2025/26, and which programs create the most commercial opportunity.

India's Gaganyaan will put Indian astronauts in orbit on a homegrown rocket. Meet the vyomnauts, understand the spacecraft, and learn what's at stake.

Inside India's rise as a space power: ISRO's journey from bicycle-carried rockets to Chandrayaan-3's lunar south pole landing, Mangalyaan's $74M Mars mission, and Gaganyaan.

Inside ISRO and India's NewSpace boom: 17,000 staff, Chandrayaan-3's lunar south-pole win, NISAR launched July 2025, Gaganyaan abort tests done, plus Skyroot, Agnikul and Pixxel rewriting the rules.

Satellites, GPS, and NDVI imagery are boosting crop yields 15-20% worldwide. How NASA's SMAP, Copernicus, and ISRO data feed farmers from Iowa to Uttar Pradesh.

Gaganyaan will make India the fourth nation to launch its own astronauts — inside ISRO's crew module, GSLV Mk III, and the 2023 TV-D1 abort test that proved it works.

Water ice at the Moon's south pole could fuel rockets and sustain a base. Inside the NASA, ISRO, and China race to reach it — Chandrayaan-3, VIPER, Artemis and more.

How ISRO made India the 4th nation on the Moon — and the first at the lunar south pole — for $75 million. Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander, Pragyan rover, and what it discovered.

80+ countries operate satellites and 40+ have space agencies in 2025. A country-by-country map of space companies, budgets, missions, and Artemis Accords

NASA is flying humans around the Moon. ISRO is preparing its first crewed orbit. Two missions, two budgets, two visions for humanity's future in space.

NASA's 2021 class had 18,300 applicants for 10 spots — the real pathways to becoming an astronaut in 2026 via NASA, ESA, ISRO, JAXA, CNSA, and commercial flight programs.