Spacecraft  

Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 on April 2, 1984, marking a significant milestone as the first Indian citizen to venture into space.

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada have been stranded in space since June 6th due to technical issues with the Starliner spacecraft. Their return is uncertain, and NASA is exploring options for a safe return.

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) made India the first country to successfully reach Mars orbit on its first attempt, a milestone in the space world.

Explore Point Nemo, the loneliest place on Earth in the South Pacific Ocean, where few have ventured, amidst space debris.
 

Sunita Lyn Williams is an Indian-origin American astronaut and United States Navy Officer. She is currently on her third space mission along with Butch Wilmore, piloting Boeing's Starliner from Cape Canaveral to ISS. Here are 5 interesting records held by her. 

Dr. Eugene Shoemaker, the father of astrogeology and a planetary scientist, on July 31, 1999, his remains, carried on moon by the Lunar Prospector spacecraft, made him the first and only human to be buried on the moon.

Saturn's tiny moon Mimas holds a hidden ocean, discovered through Cassini spacecraft data. Its youth, tidal origins, and potential for life make it a captivating subject for planetary exploration

An India-born Suhasini Iyer is overseeing rocket stage of NASA’s ambitious project to send a spacecraft to the moon

Even before orbiting astronauts on India's first manned mission to the space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will send 'Vyomamitra', a 'lady robot', in unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft. The robot was the centre of attraction at the inaugural session of the "Human Spaceflight and Exploration - Present Challenges and Future Trends" in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Let’s find out more about this woman half-humanoid in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander landed within 500 mts of the landing site on the moon’s surface, said the government. The indigenously developed Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprising of orbiter, lander and rover was successfully launched on-board the indigenous GSLV MK III-M1 Mission on July 22.

After PV Sindhu’s glory, India has more reasons to be proud as para-badminton player Manasi Joshi has also brought home her first gold at the Para World Badminton Championship. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was trolled on Twitter with #RahulBacksPakistan after his tweet was used by a Pakistani minister to tell the UN that Indian politicians were not happy with PM Modi's cancellation of Article 370.  Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.
 

Chandrayaan-2 successfully achieved a major milestone as the spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit this morning. Nearly a month after taking oath as Karnataka chief minister, following the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, BS Yediyurappa formed his Cabinet with 17 ministers. Former Union minister P Chidambaram who faces arrest in the INX media case failed to gain an audience in the Supreme Court after the Delhi HC dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

 

Here is a video that describes the process of India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 entering the Moon's orbit on Tuesday (August 20)
 

As former finance minister Arun Jaitley continues to be on life support, several politicians, including veteran BJP leader LK Advani and Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to enquire about his health. ISRO will fire Chandrayaan-2's liquid engine on August 20 to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country. 
 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit on August 20. Following this, there will be further four orbit manoeuvres to make the spacecraft enter into its final orbit passing over the lunar poles at a distance of about 100 km from the moon's surface.