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Chandrayaan-4 Mission of ISRO

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  Chandrayaan-4 Chandrayaan-4  ( pronunciation ⓘ ; from  Sanskrit :  Chandra , "Moon" and  yāna , "craft, vehicle") is a planned  lunar   sample return  mission of the  Indian Space Research Organisation  (ISRO) and the fourth iteration in its  Chandrayaan  lunar exploration programme. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]  As of January 2025 the conceptualisation phase has been completed, and the design phase is nearing completion. [ 4 ]  The mission is expected to launch around 2027. [ 5 ]  It is planned to return up to 3 kg (6.6 lb) of lunar regolith from near  Shiv Shakti point , the landing site of  Chandrayaan-3 . [ 6 ] History The plan for a lunar sample return mission was revealed by the director of  Space Application Centre  (SAC),  Nilesh M Desai  on 17 November, 2023 during the 62nd foundation ceremony of  Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology  (IITM) in  Pune . [ 7 ] ...
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Gaganyaan Mission (Indian First Manned Space Craft)

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  Gaganyaan , crewed  spacecraft  being developed by the  Indian Space Research Organisation  (ISRO). The first uncrewed test flight is planned for 2024, with the second and third uncrewed test flights in 2025. The first crewed flight is now planned for 2026.  India  would become the fourth nation to launch its own crewed spacecraft, after the  Soviet Union  (later  Russia ), the  United States , and  China . Development on the Indian crewed spacecraft began in 2012. The LVM3 had its first flight in December 2014, during which it carried a CM  mock-up  on a suborbital trajectory that ended with a successful splashdown in the  Bay of Bengal . Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  announced in his 2018 speech for  Indian Independence Day  that the first crewed flight in the Gaganyaan program would take place in 2022, the 75th anniversary of India’s independence. Four astronauts,  Prasanth Balakris...
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SpaceX Recent 23 Starlink sattelite Launch

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  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sunday night carrying 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 capable of direct to cell phone service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 came at 10:09 p.m. EDT (0209 UTC). It was SpaceX’s 48th Falcon 9 launch of 2025. The Falcon 9 first stage booster being used on this mission, tail number B1077 in the SpaceX fleet, was flying for a 20th time. Its previous missions include 12 batches of Starlink satellites, three flights to the International Space Station and the GPS 3 Space Vehicle 06. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1077 touched down on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean, east of The Bahamas. It was the 117th booster landing on JRTI and the 438th booster landing to date. Deployment of the 23 Starlink satellites was confirmed by SpaceX a little over an hour after liftoff. SpaceX was planning to launch another Falcon 9 rocke...
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