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Isro's IN-SPACe to be set up as single-window nodal agency for pvt sector

IN-SPACe will monitor building of launch vehicles and satellites and providing space-based services, sharing of space infra and premises under Isro's control, among other things

ISRO facilities to be offered free or at reasonable cost for pvt sector

According to the ISRO, to encourage participation of private sector, a suitable mechanism will be worked out for promotion and hand holding, sharing of technology and expertise

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to liftoff today: Everything you need to know

Tune into the podcast to know more interesting and exciting details about the ongoing explorations in the outer space

Nasa's Perseverance Mars mission: Sherlock's probe, & an Indian connection

One of the boldest interplanetary missions, the Perseverance rover to Mars could pave the way for manned missions of the future

ASTHROS Mission: NASA to use football stadium-sized balloon to study Cosmos

Likely to be launched in December 2023 from Antarctica, ASTHROS will spend about three weeks drifting on air currents above the icy southern continent

One year of Chandrayaan-2: Isro gears up for Chandrayaan-3, Gaganyaan

Isro is now in the midst of preparations for its next ambitious mission, the Chandrayaan-3, and the first manned mission, the Gaganyaan

Chandrayaan-2 mission completes one year, all 8 payloads performing well

Isro said that the global mapping of the lunar surface and polar coverage were being carried out in line with the mission plan.

Sriharikota space station to function with skeletal staff due to Covid-19

All the employees except those providing essential services are ordered to work from home and be available over phone or mail

UAE's Hope Probe on course to Mars after successful launch from Japan

The craft is expected to reach Mars in February 2021, the year the UAE celebrates 50th year of its formation

Hughes looking to start retailing satellite broadband services in India

GSAT-20 is expected to have about 60 to 70 gigabits of capacity and is considered 10 times more powerful than any satellite ISRO has launched

With 'Hope Probe' UAE aims to be newest entrant in crowded Martian orbit

The Hope Probe aims to provide the first-ever planet-wide, 24x7 pictures of Mars' atmospheric dynamics and weather

Maximum government, minimum governance

Book review of The Gated Republic: India's Public Policy Failures and Private Solutions

Solar Orbiter sends closest images of Sun, reveals mysterious 'campfires'

As the spacecraft flew within 48 million miles of the Sun, all 10 instruments flicked on, and Solar Orbiter snapped the closest pictures of the giant star to date

Space policy, Space Activities Bill in final stages: ISRO chairman

A dedicated policy for space and legislation on space activities has been under works for some time now. But with the government allowing the private sector, these have now got traction

Isro's Mangalyan sends images of Mars' biggest moon Phobos and its craters

'The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on board the Mars Orbiter Mission has imaged Phobos,' Isro said in a statement

India's Mars Orbiter Mission captures image of Mars' moon Phobos

The violent phase that Phobos has seen is visible in the large section gouged out from a past collision

India's aerospace start-ups eye rocket launches and planetary missions

Private firms being allowed to build facilities and work within Isro's premises will throw big opportunities for country's aerospace startups

Private firms can offer end-to-end space services: Isro chief K Sivan

Govt approves formation of a new organisation, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), seeking to open up space infrastructure to the private sector

NASA finds drop in CO2, greenhouse emission in India during virus lockdown

NASA collaborates with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to document planet-wide changes in the environment, society during the Covid-19 lockdown

New navigation policy on anvil, IN-SPACe to be separate vertical: ISRO head

In an online address from Bengaluru, Sivan said the IN-SPACe as a separate vertical for permitting and regulating the activities of private industry in the space sector