Tapan Misra, the former chief of the Space Applications Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) who was sidelined last year by incumbent chairman K Sivan, has penned a Facebook post tacitly criticising the organisation’s leadership and work culture after the Chandrayaan 2 surface mission failed earlier this month. The post is available to read in full below.

Bhubaneswar: ISRO chairman K Sivan Saturday said the country is moving ahead to meet its target of sending man to space by December 2021.

NASA is analysing, validating and reviewing the images clicked by its lunar orbiter of the area on the Moon where India's Chandrayaan-2 mission made an unsuccessful attempt to soft land its Vikram module, according to a media report that quoted a project scientist of the US space agency.

London: Astronomers have for the first time discovered water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it.

Bengaluru: ISRO on Sunday said it has successfully performed the fifth and final lunar bound orbit manoeuvre for the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft and was gearing up for separation of the lander from the orbiter on September 2.

Bengaluru: The first picture of Moon captured by India's Chandrayaan-2 satellite, currently in the lunar orbit, was released by space agency ISRO on Thursday.

Chennai: The 20-hour countdown for the July 15 early morning lift-off of India''s heavy rocket nicknamed ''Bahubali'' carrying the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is progressing smoothly, Indian space agency officials said.

Balasore (Odisha): India successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II on Thursday night as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range off the Odisha coast.