Chandrayaan 2, India’s Lunar Mission which will feature India’s most powerful rocket – GSLV Mk 3 – to carry the orbiter, lander and rover, is the most anticipated project of this year. But ISRO has much more in store than the widely known Chandrayaan-2 and Gaganyaan manned mission.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Yuvika- Young Scientist Programme for school students at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota Dr K Sivan, Chairman ISRO, said the agency is working on seven interplanetary missions in a decade. “The missions would include Mars Orbiter Mission 2, Chandrayaan 3, a mission to Venus, Exposat Planetary exploration, Aditya L1 among others,” he said. Read More…