G Madhavan Nair, the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation, will now be leading the International Academy of Astronautics. He is the only Indian and the first non-American to head the IAA. This information was announced by an official on Monday in Panaji.
 
Nair, who is currently ...

Indian Space Research Organisation chief G Madhavan Nair has revealed that the Mars mission of India is scheduled to happen between 2013 and 2015.
 
"We have given a call for proposal to different scientific communities. Depending on the type of experiments they propose, we will be able ...

ISRO has put curtains on its first ever moon mission operation, Chandrayaan-1, after the radio contact with the lunar craft was lost in the wee hours of Saturday.
 
 
"At the moment, we have suspended the operation. Calling off the mission depends on what elements we get back. ...

The iconic mapping application ‘Bhuvan’,a version of Google Earth, has been unveiled by ISRO.This would enable a common man to look into any part of the world through their personal computers using satellite images.
 
The new mapping application will allow users to have ...

ISRO and Ahmedabad-based Scanpoint Geomatics Ltd will develop an integrated geographic information system and image processing software (IGiS) to analyse satellite pictures and data.
 
It is a perfect option for geographical information system (GIS), image processing and its integration with ...