Meet Nigar Shaji, the woman behind India’s solar mission Aditya-L1
Saturday, 2 September 2023 Women’s power at the Indian space agency is slowly coming to the fore and that too in the interplanetary missions. The latest is Nigar Shaji, Project Director for Aditya-L1 mission, India’s mission to the Sun. A native of Shengottai in Tamil Nadu, the 59-year-old Shaji did her schooling in a government school there. A bright […]
ISRO is set to launch its first-ever space-based solar observatory spacecraft, the Aditya-L1 mission on September 2. This ambitious project aims to provide unprecedented insights into the Sun's behaviour and its impact on space weather. However, it seems that there is a bit of confusion around its...
After the remarkable success of ISRO’s lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 and the Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun, India is now preparing to launch the ‘Samudrayaan Mission’ to study the deep sea...
India’s solar mission, Aditya-L1 successfully launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 11:50 am. The mission aims to reach its destination in 125..
‘Nari Shakti’ is behind the success of several key missions of India’s space agency Isro. While Kalpana Kalahasti was one of the faces behind the success... IndiaTimes