S Somanath has been appointed as the tenth ISRO Chairman by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). He succeeded Dr. K. Sivan who took the charge in January 2018. As Somanath is all set to head the national space agency of India, let s take
India on Wednesday scripted history as ISRO s ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 s Lander Module (LM) touched down on the lunar surface, making it only the fourth country to accomplish the feat, and first to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth s only natural satellite.
The lander module, Vikram, will perform a controlled descent and is equipped with scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface. | Latest News India