ISRO Balloon Experiments Find Three New Microorganisms In Earth's Stratosphere

ISRO Discovers Three New Microorganisms (Janibacter hoylei, Bacillus isronensis, Bacillus aryabhata) in Earth's Stratosphere that are Highly Resistant to UV Radiation - Science Daily, March 18, 2009.

Scientists Find New Bacteria Species - CNN, March 17, 2009.

Discovery of New Microrganisms in the Stratosphere - ISRO PR, March 16, 2009.

ISRO Budget Hiked by 27% for 2009-10 Fiscal Year

Indian Budget Allocates Rs. 4,459 Crores for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for 2009-10 - Govt. of India (indianbudget.nic.in), 17 February 2009.

ISRO Gets 27 Percent Hike in 2009-10 Budgetary Allocation - Space Daily, 17 February 2009.

ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair Outlines India's Space Exploration Plan

ISRO Plans Chandrayaan-II Lunar Lander in 2012, Mars Orbiter in 2013 and Manned Mission by 2015 - The Hindu, December 25, 2008.

Ariane 5 rocket Successfully Launches ISRO-EADS Astrium Commercial Telecom Satellite

The Commercial Telecom Satellite, W2M, Built by ISRO-EADS Astrium Successfully Launched by Ariane 5 Rocket - SpaceFlightNow, 20 December, 2008.

India Maps Manned Mission Exploration Program

India can send Manned Mission to Moon by 2020: ISRO Chairman - Space Daily, 01 December 2008

ISRO Plans Manned Mission in Earth Orbit as a First Step to Achieve Human Spaceflight to Moon - Space Daily, 25 November 2008.

Reports on Indian Space Program

A Report on the Rise of Indian Space Program - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), November 2008.

India's Growing Strides In Space - BBC Online, 30 April, 2008.

Evolution of Indian Launch Vehicle Technologies - S.C. Gupta, et.al., Current Science, Vol. 93, No.12, December 2007.

Organizational Systems, Commercialization and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Indian Space Program - K.R.S. Murthi, et.al., Current Science, Vol. 93, No.12, December 2007.

India's Space Ambitions Soar - MIT Technology Review, 30 July 2007.

ISRO Missions for Period 2006-13

Indian Space Budget Request 2008-09 - ISRO