JANUARY TO JULY ISRO & SPACE CA IN 2026

JANUARY 2026 - 

* ISRO Has Been Awarded Tagore Prize For Social Achievement 2024/25 Award 

* Hyderbad Based Dhruva Space Will Launch 10 Space Mission On 12th January 2026 

* Orbit Aid Aerospace Has Unveiled Its Official AayulSAT Will Launch On 12th January 2026 

* ISRO LAUNCHED PSLV C-62 

* ON 12TH JANUARY 2026 ISRO ATTEMPTED THE EOS-N1 MISSION FROM PSLV -C62 CARRIER AT SDSC - SHAR SARIHARIKOTA, ANDHRA PRADESH. 

* THIS WAS THE 64TH FLIGHT FROM PSLV 

* 5TH MISSION OF PSLV - DL VARIANT 

* VEHICLE HEIGHT - 44.4 M 

* IT WOULD CARRY EOS - N1 ALONG WITH 15 OTHER SATELLITE 

* BOSCO UNIVERSITY STUDENT DEVELOPED SATELLITE - LACHIT - 1 ( FIRST SATELLITE FROM NORTH EAST TO BE SENT INTO SSPACE ABROAD PSLV- C62) 

* AND ORBIT AID Aerospace - THEY SET TO DEMONSTRATE INDIA's FIRST O - ORBIT INTERNAL PROPELLANT TRANSFER 

* DHRUVA SPACE TO DELIVER THEIR THYBOLT-3 

*  Bengaluru Based Nabh DRISHTI Aerospace Has Successfully Tested It's Indigenous ND400 Microjet Engine.

RETIRES - 

*  NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Retires After 27 Years.

*  Pixxel Space Has Signed WITH IN Space India To Design, Build, And Operate India's National EO Satellite SYSTEM Along With Dhruva Space, SAT SURE 

* Researchers From IIT KHARAGPUR Have Successfully Developed a Critical Boron Based Chemical For ISRO 's GAGANYAAN Mission - 

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DEVELOPED - 

* Bengaluru BASED AKASHLABDHI Set To Launch India's First Inflatable Space Habitat AntarikshHUB

* Astronomer Have Discovered A New Planet, 146 Light Years From Earth ( HD137010b) 

FEBRUARY - 

* Astronomer From ARIES Nainital And Department Of Science & Technology ( DST) Have Uncovered a Active Star Formation By Expanding Infrared Bubble Named - E71, 

*Aditya Panda Became The Youngest Indian ( 17) To Analog Astronaut. (Conducted By AAKA space Studio Held At Dholavira, Kutch Gujarat) 

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MARCH - 

* Bengaluru Based Galax Eye Has Dispatched The World's First OptoSAR Satellite To Launched.

*  Ahmedabad Based Pier Sight Has Successfully Completed The Testing Of It's VARUNA 2.0 Satellite Reflectarray Antenna At ISRO's Compact Antenna Test Range Facility ( CATF) In Ahmedabad 

* Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Signed MoU With Bellatrix Aerospace To Collaborate On The Design, Development And Manufacturing Of Satellite System 

* * AHMEDABAD BASED START-UP OM SPACE HAS LAUNCHED GUJARAT FIRST SOUNDING ROCKET FROM DHOLERA 

* Bengaluru Based New Space Has Successfully Flight Tested It's Sheshnag-20 Loitering Munition

*  Researchers From ISRO (IIRS) Are Using Game Theory To Predict How Bengal Tigers Navigate Central India 

* ISRO Successfully Conducted The Sea Level Hot Test Of The CE20 Cryogenic Engine At The ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendra Giri, Tamilnadu 

*  ISRO Has Received Akasha 300 3D Printer From Kerala Based Startup - Space Time 4D Printing Solution 

*  Indian startup AGNIKUL Cosmos Tested Fires 1 Meter Long Single Piece 3D Printed Agnite Engine 

* European Union And India Have Concluded A Working Arrangement Between The European Aviation Safety Agency ( EASA) And The DIRECTORATE General Of Civil Aviation ( DGCA) Of India In The Field Of Industrial Aviation Production.

APRIL - 

* India Russia Signed MoU On Lab To Fast Track Drone Satellite Talent 

 * Indian Astronomers DISCOVERD A Forbidden Alien Planet Exoplanet - TOI 5205

*Indian SPACE Research Organisation (ISRO) Launched Mission MITRA For Safety Of Human Spaceflight Mission Crew 

* ISRO Successfully Accomplished The 2nd Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT - 02) For Gaganyaan At Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota 

ARTEMIS II ( MOON MISSION) - 

* NASA LAUNCHED THE ARTEMIS II, FIRST CREWED MISSION TO THE MOON AFTER 57 YEARS ( APPOLLO 11 IN 1969) 

* IT HAS LIFTED FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE, FLORIDA 

* THIS 10 DAYS MISSION KICKED ON 2ND APRIL 2026 

* ASTRONAUT REID WISEMAN, VICTOR GLOVER, CHRISTINA KOCH, AND CANADIAN ASTRONAUT HEREMY HANSEN 

* CHRISTINA KOCH BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO MOON MISSION 

ABOUT ASTRONAUT - 

REID WISEMAN - 

* Former Chief Of Astronaut Office 

* Spent 165 Days Aboard In The ISS In 2014 

JEREMY HANSEN - 

* Canadian Astronaut And Former CF-18 Fighter Pilot SELECTED By Canadian Space Agency in 2009;

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VICTOR  GLOVER - 

*NASA Astronaut, US NAVY, AVIATOR 

 * Piloted Space X Crew - 1 To ISS 

* Served As Flight Engineer On Expedition 64/65 

* First Black Astronaut To Travel Beyond Low Earth Orbit 

CHRISTINA KOCH - 

* NASA ASTRONAUT 

* SHE SPENT 328 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 

* 328 days LONGEST SPENT BY A WOMAN IN ISS 

* FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT TO FLY ON TO MOON 

* NASA ARTEMIS II Set A New Record Reaching The Farthest Distance Humans Have Travelled From Earth ( Crossed 252,752 miles During Lunar Flyby Surpassing Apollo 13 Mission Record) 

* ARTEMIS II Astronaut Name Lunar Crater Named After NASA Astronaut Reid WISEMAN 's Late Wife - Carroll Taylor WISEMAN 

* The ARTEMIS II Crew Has Been Landed On Earth  ( 10 Days Completed) ( Completed 690,000 Miles) 

* Bengaluru Based New Space Has Successfully Tested Its Sheshnag -150 Loitering Munition.

* ISRO's Space Application Centre And The Ashoka Trust For Research In Ecology And The Environment ( ATREE) Have Signed A MoU To Strengthen Collaboration In Research, Data Knowledge Exchange 

*  51 Years Completed The India's First Own Satellite ARYABHATTA 

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Inaugurated A State Of The Art Satellite Navigation INS SYSTEM ( G3INS) Testing Facility At Korwa Divison 

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* Telengana Chief Minister Shri Revanth Reddy Along With Industries MINISTER D Sridhar Babu, Flagged Off The Flight Hardware Of Skyroot Aerospace VIKRAM -1 ( India's First Privately Developed ORBITAL Rocket) 

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MAY - 

GALAXEYE SPACE - 

* GALAXEYE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S FIRST OptoSAR Satellite ( ALL WEATHER) 

* IT IS THE LARGEST PRIVATELY BUILT SATELLITE IN INDIA, 

* LAUNCHED FROM FALCON -9. BY SPACE X 

* Skyroot Aerospace Has Raised USD 60 Million Valuation 

 * Mumbai Based Manastu Space Has Successfully Cleared The Thermovac Testing At IN -SPACE Facility At Ahmedabad 

*  ISRO Scientists Nandini Harinath's Saree, Which She Wore During Mangalyaan Mission Showcase At Prestigious Smithsonian Museum In US

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AWARDS - 

* ISRO TEAM ( CHANDRAYAAN 3) Wins The Prestigious GODDARD Astronautics Award From The American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics

* Astronomers Spot A Blue Straggler Star Hosting Brown Dwarf 

*  Manipuri Astrophysicist Ronaldo Laishram Has Discovered A 12.6 billion Years Old Galaxy Structure ( Named After Manipur's LOKTAK Lake) LOKTAK PROTOCLUSTER 

* Red Balloon Launched India's First Super Pressure Balloon, ( Payload Upto 50 Kg)

*  ISRO's Chandrayaan -2 Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar ( DFSAR) Observation Revealed The Subsurface Ice In Lunar South Polar Regions 

* Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter Is A Microwave Imaging Instrument In L And S-Band Frequencies And The First Fully Polari metric SAR To Study The Moon 

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JUNE - 

* IIT KANPUR Has Established India's First DORIS ( Doppler Orbitography And Radio positioning Integrated By satellite) 

*  Indian Astronaut P Balakrishnan Nair Has Awarded With Kirti Chakra 

*  Dhruva Space Has Received The SPACE STARTUP OF THE YEAR At The Indian Space Congress Excellence Award 2026 

* ISRO Successfully Hot Tested The Semi Cryogenic Engine SE -'2000 At 175 Tons THRUST In MAHENDRAGIRI 

* India Has Successfully Conducted It's First Satellite Based Landing System Approach On a Jet Aircraft, With An Indigo Airbus A320 Performing An LPV ( Localiser Performance With Vertical Guidance) Approach At Udaipur Airport 

JULY - 

* Skyroot Aerospace Has Announcing Vikram -1 Test Flight -1 MISSION Set To Launch With In One Month in 2026 

*  ISRO Successfully Conducted The SOLVE Ground Test ( GAGANYAAN Mission) 

* SOLVE - Sub Orbital Launch Vehicle For Experiment) 

* It Will Be Used To Validate The CREW Modules Parachute Based Deceleration System Under Different Test Condition 

* Vikram -1 Test Flight Mission AAGAMAN Which Will Carry GRAHA SPACE 's SOLARAS S3 Satellite, Cosmoserve Space In Orbit Arm Embrace, Germany's DCUBED Space Orbit Demonstration, SKYROOT Own SCOPE Satellite 

Skyroot Own SATELITE 

* ISRO Has Successfully Conducted The Flight Acceptance Hot Test Of CE 20 Cyro Engine For LVM3-M7 Mission 

*  ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan Has Given As Additional Charge Of Space Secretary 

* ISRO Has Successfully Conducted A Critical Integrated Main Parachute Air Drop Test ( IMAT) For The GAGANYAAN MISSION At The Aerial Delivery Research And Development Establishment ( ADRDE) In Madhya Pradesh 

* PRL Scientists Have Found That Chandrayaan -3' Alpha Particle -X Spectrometer Measurement Connect Composition At Shiv Shakti Statio To The First Lunar Meteorite ALHA 81005 

* Space Field, An Space Startup Has Inaugurated It's New Research And Development Facility, ( ISO CERTIFIED Work field) 

* Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan Inaugurated 

* NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Along With Roscomous Cosmonaut Pytor Dubrov, Anna Kikina lifted Off On Soyuz - MS 29 Aircraft To International Space Station ( 240 Days) in 

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MISSION AGAMAN ( BY SKYROOT AEROSPACE) - 

* SKYROOT, AN SPACE STARTUP ( SET TO LAUNCH ITS) VIKRAM -1 FROM SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE, SRIHARIKOTA, ANDHRA PRADESH. ( ON 18TH JULY 2026) 

* THIS MISSION NAMED MISSION AGAMAN 

* THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ATTEMPT BY PRIVATELY DEVELOPED ORBITAL CLASS ROCKET 

* VEHICLE INFORMATION - 

* VEHICLE TYPE - ORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLE 

* TARGET ORBIT - 450 KM, 60 DEGREE INCLINATION 

* DESIGN CAPACITY - UPTO 350 KG To LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) 

* * Vikram -1 Test Flight Mission AAGAMAN Which Will Carry GRAHA SPACE 's SOLARAS S3 Satellite, Cosmoserve Space In Orbit Arm Embrace, Germany's DCUBED Space Orbit Demonstration, SKYROOT Own SCOPE Satellite 

Skyroot Own SATELITE 

 * Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO), Shree Chitra Tribunal Institute For Medical Sciences & Technology ( SCTIMST) Have Signed Pact For Research In Space Medicine, Bioastronautics 

WILDLIFE & ENVRONMENT CA IN AUGUST 2025

* A NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MIZORAM.

* NAMED SMITHOPHIS LAPTOFASCIATUS 

* DISCOVERED BY ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY.

* GENUS - SMITHOPHIS (RAIN SNAKE SO CALLED BCOZ IT OCCURS IN RAINY SEASON) 

* THIS IS THE THIRD SMITHOPHIS SPECIES DISCOVERED 

BEFORE - 

* SMITHOPHIS ATEMPORALIS 

* SMITHOPHIS MIZORAMENSIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FREE LIVING MARINE NEMATODE ROUND WORMS IN CHILIKA, ODISHA.

* SPECIES - GENUS - ADMINDARUS 

* SPECIES NAMED - ADMINDARUS ODISHAENSIS  (IN HONOUR TO ODISHA) 

* SUMAN PATRA LED THE TEAM 

NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* PRIMULA INDICA ( PRIMULACEAE) A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN DIBANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* A NEW SPECIES OF PINDA HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TORANA FORT, PUNE 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO APIACEAE ( PINDA MUKHERJEEIANA) 

* NAMED AFTER P MUKHERJEEIANA 

FIRST GRASSLAND BIRD CENSUS - 

*  The First Ever Grassland Bird Census Held In Assam 

* Kaziranga Has 43 Grassland Bird Species 

* A RARE COLORFUL FUNGI HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE KAGAZNAGAR FOREST DIVISION IN KOMARAM BHEEM ASIFABAD DISTRICT, TELENGANA.

* THE SPECIES CALLED - PINKGILL 

* ACTUALLY ITS NATIVE PLACE WAS NEW ZEALAND.

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* ZEUXINE YONZONEANA: A NEW ORCHID SPECIES HAS BEEN FOUND IN DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL.

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR RAJENDRA YONZONE KALIMPONG (BOTANIST) 

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2ND EDITION OF NILAGIRI TAHR SURVEY 2025 - 

* THE SURVEY OF NILGIRI TAHR CONDUCTED IN BOTH KERALA AND TAMILNADU.

* 2668 NILGIRI TAHR CENSUS 

* 1365 TAHR FROM KERALA & 1303 FROM TAMILNADU 

* HIGHEST (841 NILGIRI TAHR) COUNTED IN THE ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK (ENP) KERALA 

( 827 in 2024 At ENP, KERALA) 

* IN KERALA 19 FOREST DIVISION CENSUS CONDUCTED 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar And Union Forest Minister Bhupendra Yadav Have Launched The MATRI VAN Initiative In Gurugram, Haryana.

* A Theme Based Urban Forest Spread Over 750 Acres In Aravali Region 

* 144 Newborn Endangered Nilagiri Mountain Goat Species Found in ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK.

AWARDS - 

* * ELEPHANT ATTENDENT SUMIT GOGOI & MAHOUT GANESH TAMANG OF NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, & TIGER RESERVE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH CONFERRED NATIONAL GAJ GOURAV AWARD 2025.

* THE AWARD IS PRESENTED BY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FOREST.

* * DR DHRITI BANARJEE, DIRECTOR OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY SBSRD FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS FIELD OF ENTOMOLOGY AT 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS & DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

* Padmavathi, The OLDEST Elephant Of Mysore Zoo Passed away.

* Nepal Has Formally Joined The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) 

*  Kuttimathan Kani, The Tribal Elder Who Revealed Kerala's Immortality Herb AROGYAAPACHA Plant Has Passed away.

* Manipur Zoological Garden (MZG) And India Turtle Conservation Programme (ITCP) Conducted The First Successful Artificial Incubation Of Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys Phayrei) 

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SCHEMES LAUNCHED IN AUGUST 2025

APPROVED - 

* Cabinet Has Approved The Total Outlay Of Rs 6520 Crores For Central Sector Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana.

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* ICMR Introduce The ICMR - SHINE Initiative.

* An Initiative For Students In Country 

* It Is Initially Started From 8th August 2025 ( On The Birth Anniversary of Professor V Ramalingaswamy)

* Science And Health Innovation For Next Generation Students 

* Cabinet Approved The Multidisciplinary Education And Research Improvement In Technical Education ( MERITE) Of Rs 4200 Crores.

17) Cabinet Approved 4 New Components Of The Existing Central Sector Scheme Development Packages For Assam And Tripura For Rs 4250 Crores.

* Union Cabinet Has Approved The 700 MW - Tato -II Hydro Electric Project Worth Rs 8,146.61 Crores.

* Union Cabinet Has Approved The Establishment Of 4 Semiconductor Manufacturing Unit In Odisha, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh With A Total Outlay Of Rs 4,600 Crores.

* Uttarakhand Cabinet Has Approved The 10% Reservation In Group C For ex Agniveers.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched The Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana 

* Cabinet Has Approved Rs 1507 Crores For New Airport In Kota - Bundi, Rajasthan.

*  NATIONAL Highway Authority In India (NHAI) Has Launched a Project AROHAN To Support The Educational Aspirational Of Toll Plaza Employees.

* UNION MINISTER Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The DESIGN For BioE3 Challenge For Youth 

* Cabinet Approved The Restructuring And Extension Of Lending Period Beyond 31/12/2024 Of PM Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi ( PM SVANIDHI) Scheme.

* ( Cabinet Approved The Submission Of bid For The Commonwealth Games 2030.

STATE - 

* The UTTAR Pradesh Government Has Developed a Plan To Ensure Equal Education For Every Child - DIVYANG FRIENDLY 

* Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Has Approved The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee State Government Scholarship Scheme.

*  Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Has Launched ATAL CANTEEN ( To Avail Food For Rs 5 To Workers)

* Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Has Launched The MAJHE GHAR YOJANA Scheme. 

* Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister EKANTH Sindhe Has Launched The NIROGI MAHILA ABHIYAN In The State To Promote Women's Health.

* West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Has Launched The New Scheme SHRAMASHREE To Provide Financial Assistance To Migrant Workers.

*  Union Minister Of State George Kurian ( Kerala) Has Inaugurated The MATSYA SHAKTI Project In Kovalam, Kerala. 

*  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Has Launched The MUKHYAMANTRI MAHILA ROJGAR Yojana 2025 

( Under This Scheme Will Provide 10,000 As The First Instalment To One WOMAN From Every Family To Start An Occupation Of Her CHOICE)