Fascinating video on women behind Chandrayaan 3 although the faces are recognizable from the second mission. Chandrayaan 2 entered the moom’s orbit but failed to land the rover in the lunar surface. Chandrayaan 1 had discovered water on the moon’s surface which made India discoverer of water in lunar surface. Chandrayaan 3 attempts at landing the rover in the south pole, not attempted by the three other successful nations when it comes to lunar expeditions: the US, Russia and China. Let’s wait for the lander-rover from Chandrayaan 3 to make it this time even as the 4th orbit raising for the satellite by the ISRO team proved successful yesterday. I am linking this you tube link on the rocket women of India.
I found this on Mangalyaan, our successful Mars mission that made India the first of the four nation elite club to make it to Mars in her first attempt.
ISRO needs no intro and is much written about. So, just a pictorial journey here with ISRO that has captured the imagination of every single soul in this one billion club nation. From humble beginnings in Thumba to the present launch of Chandrayaan 2, India’s second Moon Mission to the darker side of the Moon, on the heels of Mangalyaan the Mars Mission, ISRO has come a long way. From being ridiculed and chastised for ambitious missions to being denied legit credit for original discoveries (such as water on the lunar surface by Chandrayaan 1), ISRO has not walked a bed of roses. After all, India’s first rocket was carried by bullock cart and on the pillion of a bicycle when we embarked on our space mission. ISRO has proved many critics wrong and in the interest of humanity, continues with its tradition of nationalistic and scientific pursuits undeterred by setbacks (such as a couple of unsuccessful attempts). ISRO’s Moon Mission 2 (Chandrayaan 2) cost India less than 50% of production costs for Hollywood’s ‘Avengers.’ (To be edited)
Aryabhatta, world’s first astronomer, a Hindu after who India’s first satellite was named
Vikram Sarabhai, founding father of modern India’s space programme
ISRO legend Udipi Ramachandra Rao
ex president Abdul Kalam, ISRO chief Satish Dhawan with the then Indian PM Indira Gandhi in 1980 when Kalam worked as scientist
India’s first rocket is transported in a bicycle…
the road ISRO walked…
India’s first rocket is launched from a church in Thumba, Kerala
India’s first satellite Aryabhatta
Aryabhatta, India’s first satellite
Rakesh Sharma, first Indian to walk in space thanks to an India-Russia collaboration on space research
India postage commemorating Aryabhatta, the first launch
2008: Chandrayaan 1 finds water in the moon
Chandrayaan1 discovers water in the Moon
Chandrayaan 1 probe on lunar surface
the road to Mars
India becomes the first country in the world to reach Mars orbit on maiden attempt.
Women scientists celebrate the successful launch of India’s maiden Mars mission Mangalyaan1 in 2013
GSLV the bad boy
GSLV
Mangalyaan image beamed back by MOM adorns the cover of National Geographic.
Mars image beamed back by MCC, Mangalyaan
India is the first country in the world to reach Mars orbit in very first attempt, at least budget resources and in quickest possible time with the youngest scientists working the project
Mars images from Mangalyaan
ISRO launches record 104 satellites in a single mission
2017: ISRO betters its own record
Indian Remote Sensing satellite
Sriharikota, the satellite launching pad in Andhra Pradesh
GSLV launch
ISRO scientists watch Mangalyaan enter the Mars orbit
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