Chandrayaan 2 Update News

Chandrayaan 2 Landing highlights: PM Narendra Modi says India stands in solidarity with ISRO scientists

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed ISRO scientists at the ISRO Control Centre

Chandrayaan 2: What ISRO must do to make benefits of the moon mission accessible to the common man

A decentralized model of technology transfer will benefit society & erase questions about ISRO's space mission expenses.

Chandrayaan 2 is a very, very complex operation, says ISRO ex-chief Madhavan Nair

Describing the soft-landing, he said it will be like flying saucers hovering on the top and then slowly descending.

Chandrayaan 2 completes final in-orbit manoeuvre before India's maiden moon landing on 7 Sept

The landing module is now well on its way toward its 7 September landing on the moon's surface.

Chandrayaan 2: Landing module wraps up first in-orbit manoeuvre around the moon at 8.50am today

The landing module will make a similar manoeuvre tomorrow before it highly-anticipated soft-landing on 7 September.

Chandrayaan 2: Lander Vikram to make its first in-orbit manoeuvre around the moon by 9.45pm today

The landing module will carry out this first of two manueovres before its highly-anticipated soft-landing on 7 September.

Chandrayaan 2: Detaching from orbiter, Vikram lander enters independent, pre-final orbit around the moon

The Vikram lander is now on a separate, circular path identical to the orbiter, passing over the lunar poles.

Meghalaya student to watch Chandrayaan 2 live with PM Narendra Modi in ISRO control room

He won a space quiz conducted by ISRO and the education department for school children all over the country.

Chandrayaan 2's first image of the moon features iconic lunar landmarks, captured 2,650 km from the surface

Two of the most visible features in the photograph are the Mare Orientale basin and the Apollo craters.

Chandrayaan 2 planned orbit 'compressed' in latest manoeuver, ISRO reveals. What does it mean?

The change is one of many minor deviations from 'planned orbits' along the way, none of which were consequential.