Scientists are working on conducting various tests for the ambitious Gaganyaan mission and the agency is coordinating with the Navy and others in this connection, he said.
Scientists will see two spacecraft slamming into the moon's south pole at 9,000 kmph kicking up a 10-km-high shower of debris that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hopes will confirm the presence of enough water necessary to supply future visits by astronauts.
Narayanan has a long and distinguished career at ISRO, having played a key role in several important missions, including Chandrayaan-2 and 3, and the Gaganyaan programme.
Record-setting Indian-American National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut Sunita Williams along with two other cosmonauts will return to earth on Sunday, after four months in orbit.
Indian-American record-setting astronaut Sunita Williams along with her two colleagues on Sunday took off for her second space odyssey on a Russian Soyuz rocket, which blasted off successfully from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Chari, 43, will serve as the commander while NASA's Tom Marshburn will be pilot and ESA's Matthias Maurer will serve as a mission specialist for the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the ISS, which is expected to launched next year.
The Crew-3 astronauts will spend approximately six months aboard the space station conducting new and exciting scientific research in areas such as materials science, health technologies, and plant science to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and to benefit life on Earth.
The American agency said the data from the two instruments Mineralogy Mapper and Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar (Mini-SAR) will contribute to its understanding of the lunar environment and are part of its implementation of its space exploration policy which calls for robotic and human missions to the moon.
National Aeronautics and Space Administrations's space shuttle Discovery, with its seven-member crew, launched successfully from the space agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.
Some changes are a natural part of the climate system, such as the seasonal expansion and contraction of the Arctic sea ice pack. The responsibility for other changes, such as the Antarctic ozone hole, falls squarely on humanity's shoulders.
Scientists at the American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration have claimed that Saturn's moon Enceladus 'may contain life,' after they discovered new evidence suggesting presence of 'liquid water' beneath its surface.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists claim to have discovered a third radiation belt around the earth, which may lead to a revision of a more than 50-year-old theory about the planet's radiation zones.
The National Aeronautics and Space Agency on Thursday revealed that India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-I spacecraft had traced water molecules on the lunar surface of the moon.
The 15-minute conversation, which took place on Friday, was broadcast on National Aeronautics and Space Agency Television, following the conclusion of a station status media briefing from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Indian Space Research Organisation have shelved plans to train an Indian astronaut at NASA to be part of a manned mission of the American space shuttle.
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration's Web site has received over 6.5 billion hits since early January, thanks to the huge interest in the space agency's Mars exploration programme.
'Eden' had been depicted as a clean and green place free of many of the problems faced on earth.
Two months after India's maiden Chandrayaan-I mission discovered traces of water on moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency on Saturday said it has found 'significant amounts' of water ice on its surface, a finding that could trigger a hunt for life in outer space and boost hopes for a permanent lunar base.
She is the second astronaut of Indian origin after Kalpana Chawla.
This handout image from obtained from the European Space Agency / National Aeronautics and Space Administration, obtained on August 21, 2008 taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board the ESA's Mars Express shows the highest-resolution full-disc image yet of the surface of the martian moon Phobos.
The spacecraft is the first to take the American astronauts to orbit from American soil in nearly a decade.
The effects of Hurricane Dennis, which roared ashore in Florida off to the northwest, could be felt at the launch site as the sky was grey and solidly overcast.
Nalanda, Kohinoor and Pongal are the three names chosen for certain types of rocks on Mars, NASA officials on a tour to India said in Kolkata.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday announced that its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14 from the space port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
A NASA internal report had warned of deficiencies in the way insulating foam was being applied to sections of the fuel tank, to be used on the shuttle Discovery's current mission.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) -- the world's first planetary defence technology demonstration -- successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency's first attempt to move an asteroid in space.
"I had taken a test conducted by the Oxford University. They said I would be given a scholarship to study at NASA, that they would give me training, arrange for my sustenance and even my stay there," Saurabh said.
Only three countries (United States, Russia and China) have successfully landed spacecraft on the airless lunar surface.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to welcome the new year with the launch of its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite that would offer insights into celestial objects like black holes, onboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on Monday.
The successful launch of the maiden solar mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation came on the heels of the historic lunar landing mission - Chandrayaan-3.
But, NASA said it could fix the problem in time for Wednesday's launch.
The Announcement of Opportunity (AO) is for space experiments by institutions in the country, and the last date for receiving the proposals is May 19, 2017, the Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO said.
The picture of Moon was taken by Chandrayaan-2's LI4 Camera from an altitude of about 2,650 km from the lunar surface.
The ISRO is looking at Mangalyaan-2, a follow-on mission to Mars, and launching two satellites that would look at Venus and explore asteroids.
China is all set to send on Thursday the first three crew members to its under-construction space station which is expected to be Beijing's eye in the sky and will rival the ageing International Space Station (ISS).
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