Category: indian space research organization

India will launch a humanoid robot ahead of its first crewed space mission

Post author By Randall
Post date January 22, 2020
Categories In indian space research organization, isro, robot, Robots, Space, Tech, tomorrow, vyommitra

[ad_1] The robot told reporters it can operate switch panels, talk to astronauts and monitor a spacecraft’s environmental and life support systems. Its primary purpose, however, is to allow ISRO to test how space flight affects the human body before the agency sends astronauts up in one of its Gaganyaan craft. In the run up […]

India’s lunar lander crashed within 500 meters of its target

Post author By Randall
Post date November 27, 2019
Categories In braking, chandrayaan-2, crash, gear, hard land, indian space research organization, isro, lunar, lunar lander, malfunction, mission, Moon, Space, Tech, vikram

[ad_1] According to the report, Vikram’s braking thrusters malfunctioned — though we don’t know why — and it crashed within 500 meters of its designated landing site. All is not lost, though. All of the eight scientific instruments are still functioning and “providing valuable scientific data,” said Jitendra Singh, minister of state for the Department […]