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What is the difference between ISRO and NASA?

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ISRONASA
A research organisationAn administrative organisation for space

Beginning operations in 1969

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Beginning operations in 1958
The majority of the focus is placed on development-oriented missions such as communication and weather prediction satellites, among others.Missions that focus on research the majority of the time
The Indian Space Research Organization succeeded the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR)NASA is now in charge of aeronautics, taking over from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

Achievements:

With its Mars orbiter mission or MOM, India became the first country in the world to successfully reach Mars on its very first try.

PSLV C37 was the rocket that successfully launched 104 satellites into space.

Chandrayaan was India’s first mission to the moon in space, and it was launched in 2008. 

Accomplishments:

The NASA space program has successfully dispatched 1091 unmanned space satellites and 109 manned missions to various planets in the solar system.

In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon during their mission aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft.

The Hubble Space Telescope was the largest telescope ever placed into Earth’s orbit when it was launched in 1990.