Bengaluru: Hours before Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' module's proposed soft landing on the Lunar surface, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Friday things are progressing as per plan for the much-awaited event. The touch-down of 'Vikram' lander is scheduled between 1.30 am and 2.30 am on Saturday, followed by the rollout of rover 'Pragyan' between 5.30 a.m and 6.30 a.m. The soft landing will be telecast live from 1.10 a.m on Doordarshan, webcast on ISRO website and streamed on YouTube, Faceb...Read More

PRL Ahmedabad's contribution to Chandrayaan-1 By our correspondent Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 20 October, 2008 As a forerunner to Chandrayaan-1 project, ISRO has initiated a Planetary Science and Exploration (PLANEX) programme with Ahmedabad(Gujarat) based Physical Research Laboratory(PRL) as its nodal center. The main aim of this programme is to enhance the scope of planetary research in the country, which was confined primarily to PRL at that time, and also formulate pla...Read More