Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is out with its first Indian Earth Observation Visualization tool at – http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/ . So far we all used to depend on google maps and google earth applications to get maps and 3D visualization. Reports say that more than 60000 people registered as soon as this project was launched for [...]
Chacha Nehru, we used to talk a lot about him during our highschool days. As we were kids, we used to rule the school and even the stage prepared for ‘Children’s day‘ on November 14th. It’s Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday.
Indian space program was started by Pandit Nehru in 1962 and this year on his birthday [...]
On 12th November, Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has successfully reached its intended operational orbit at a height of about 100 km from the lunar surface. This followed a series of three orbit reduction manoeuvres conducted during the past three days by repeatedly firing the spacecraft’s 440 Newton Liquid Engine. As part of these manoeuvres, the engine was [...]
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Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned spacecraft mission to moon, entered lunar orbit today (November 8, 2008). This is the first time that an Indian built spacecraft has broken away from the Earth’s gravitational field and reached the moon. This historic event occurred following the firing of Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft’s liquid engine at 16:51 IST for a duration [...]
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Check out ISRO Satellite Center Kannada Portal. Giving away the informations to Kannadigas. The space research is for the people who are living in this country and they should get updates on such activities in their own langauge. It will reach then only when you tell them in their own language.
Chandrayaan – 1: One the of the most prestigious space mission of India. Count down has begun.
When we were kids Mom used to tell stories about “Chanda Maama” i.e Moon. One of the closest celestial object to the earth. In veda’s Indians call him “Soma”. There are lots of songs not only in Indian languages [...]
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