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![Aerosol levels can be seen changing over northern India.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PTKccZHgiHrYR66GB7NYwm-320-80.png)
Air pollution over northern India drops amid coronavirus lockdown
By Chelsea Gohd published
Air pollution has plummeted over northern India during the country-wide lockdown, implemented to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
![ISRO prepared a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket to launch an Earth-imaging satellite called GISAT-1; the launch has since been delayed indefinitely.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KemGAgBzRtMwVUvJZ3UkeD-320-80.jpg)
India's space agency pauses rocket launches to make coronavirus supplies: report
By Meghan Bartels published
As the coronavirus-borne disease spreads around the world, India's space agency has responded by pausing launches and pivoting resources to develop ventilators and hand sanitizer.
![A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket preparing for launch in 2015.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AVqEqH4qjo6mUAJ2E6z27K-320-80.jpg)
India faces big budget cut for new human spaceflight program
By Elizabeth Howell published
As India prepares to launch its first astronauts into space, the program will proceed under tighter funding than hoped, at least for the time being.
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India postpones powerful Earth-imaging satellite launch for 'technical reasons'
By Elizabeth Howell published
A powerful imaging satellite from India that was set to launch Thursday (March 5) is delayed indefinitely due to an undisclosed technical problem, according to multiple reports.
![President Donald Trump leaves after attending 'Namaste Trump' rally at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on Feb. 24, 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yJoLaHUcEdeXdo2XrLMdWa-320-80.jpg)
Trump hails India's 'impressive strides' on moon exploration, pledges greater cooperation on space
By Elizabeth Howell published
India's rapid progress in lunar exploration has the attention of the president of the United States.
![An artist's depiction of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter studying the moon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UJiiM38njmn2UB2DYWjfWZ-320-80.jpg)
How India's moon crash wasn't really a failure (op-ed)
By Ravi Sharma last updated
When India's Vikram lander crashed into the moon in September, it was a significant setback for India's lunar exploration plans — but it wasn't really a failure. Here's why.
![India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft in orbit around the moon captured this high-resolution photo of the lunar south pole on Sept. 5, 2019.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MwDVvJT36EQxxVHGavQYG8-320-80.jpg)
India Is Officially Going Back to the Moon with Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Lander
By Mike Wall published
The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which will consist of a lunar rover and a stationary lander, has been approved, Indian space officials announced Wednesday (Jan. 1).
![A Russian Soyuz rocket carried two NASA astronauts, Nick Hague and Christina Koch, and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, toward the International Space Station on March 14, 2019.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xZJHkoiwytbwWgpZ9wF56d-320-80.jpg)
The Greatest Spaceflight Moments of 2019
By Elizabeth Howell published
Three lunar missions, commercial spaceflight milestones, the first all-woman spacewalk — 2019 was a busy year in space for public and private entities alike.
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