Indian Space Research Organisation

A large, white rocket sits on a launchpad at night time.

Indian women scientists’ lunar mission a ‘giant leap for womankind’

Women & Gender

India’s Chandrayaan-2 is expected to land on the moon Friday as the country seeks its first successful landing. But with two female scientists leading the project, the lunar mission has already made history.

Staff from the Indian Space Research Organization celebrate at the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bangalore after their Mars Orbiter spacecraft successfully entered Mars orbit on September 24, 2014.

Women are the face of India’s Mars mission, but they’re still the exception

Science
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses scientists and Indian officials at the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network complex in Bangalore after its Mars Orbiter Mission, nicknamed "MOM", successfully ent

India is over the moon about its mission to Mars

Technology
The World

India launches its first moon mission

Environment
The World

India’s moon mission

Environment