Microgravity

ISRO to set sights on India's first orbital space station after a successful Gaganyaan mission

There's still plenty that ISRO needs to do before mission Gaganyaan and its astronauts take wing.

Space travel, long-term exposure to microgravity cause a 'leaky' gut in astronauts: Study

The effect lasted up to 14 days after the microgravity environment was removed, which scientists find concerning.

ISRO looking at pool of ten microgravity experiments for Gaganyaan Mission 2022

ISRO's proposed themes include medicine, sensors for medical devices, fluids & microbiology.

Scientists have found that human sperm retains its viability in space if frozen

The fact that frozen sperms can survive in space can make the possibility of a space sperm bank a reality.

A symbiotic partnership between plant and fungus could offer a farming fix in space

With plant hormone strigolactone, scientists grew a petunia-fungi network in simulated microgravity.

India to collaborate with France on human space mission Gaganyaan; ISRO plans to send 3 people to space before 2022

The ISRO mission is significant, as it would make India one of the four countries in the world, after Russia, the US and China, to launch a manned space flight.