Chandrayan 3
Landing time on Moon - 6:04 PM IST, 23.08. 2023
Did you know the story of the first rocket launch by India?
India has become a world beater in satellite launches at throw away cost and time and again India proved its mettle by creating new milestones in Space…
Landing time on Moon - 6:04 PM IST, 23.08. 2023
Did you know the story of the first rocket launch by India?
India has become a world beater in satellite launches at throw away cost and time and again India proved its mettle by creating new milestones in Space…
1. Wings of the dream took flight
On November 21, 1963, that a small rocket took off from Thumba on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, announcing the birth of the space age in India. The sleepy palm-fringed village soon came to be known as Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch…
On November 21, 1963, that a small rocket took off from Thumba on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, announcing the birth of the space age in India. The sleepy palm-fringed village soon came to be known as Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch…
2. A path less trodden
When its chairman of the Department of atomic energy of India Doctor Home Jahangir Bhabha
asked Pandit Nehru, India's first prime Minister about his intentions to develop nuclear weapons as Bhabha and his team had developed capabilities for designing,…
When its chairman of the Department of atomic energy of India Doctor Home Jahangir Bhabha
asked Pandit Nehru, India's first prime Minister about his intentions to develop nuclear weapons as Bhabha and his team had developed capabilities for designing,…
3. The Magnetic Equator
The hunt for a suitable lace for the space rocket launches by the young scientists on the INCOSPAR under the leadership of the very young Vikram Sarabhai (He was 28 years old at that time) led them to a place named Thumba in Kerla situated on the scenic…
The hunt for a suitable lace for the space rocket launches by the young scientists on the INCOSPAR under the leadership of the very young Vikram Sarabhai (He was 28 years old at that time) led them to a place named Thumba in Kerla situated on the scenic…
4. The Baby steps of a journey to the Stars
Till 1963, the obscure village of Thumba would not have merited a second look as a small Kerala fishing hamlet with thatched huts, coconut groves and peaceful sea, it was an unlikely setting for a rocket launch station. However, it did…
Till 1963, the obscure village of Thumba would not have merited a second look as a small Kerala fishing hamlet with thatched huts, coconut groves and peaceful sea, it was an unlikely setting for a rocket launch station. However, it did…
5. The Begining
one fine day, Dr Sarabhai and his fellow scientists (including Dr APJ Abdul Kalam) went to Thumba to talk to the then-bishop of Trivandrum who lived in the house adjacent to the church. They were interested in acquiring the church and the nearby land for their…
one fine day, Dr Sarabhai and his fellow scientists (including Dr APJ Abdul Kalam) went to Thumba to talk to the then-bishop of Trivandrum who lived in the house adjacent to the church. They were interested in acquiring the church and the nearby land for their…
6. The Struggle to reach the eternity
The newly built rocket launching pad was set on the beach, a clearing in the midst of coconut groves. A local Catholic church, the St Mary Magadelene’s Church served as the main office for the scientists.  The small place of worship became…
The newly built rocket launching pad was set on the beach, a clearing in the midst of coconut groves. A local Catholic church, the St Mary Magadelene’s Church served as the main office for the scientists.  The small place of worship became…
7. The day of the reckoning
Thumba was soon termed Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. The first sounding rocket, Nike Apache supplied by NASA, was launched on November 21st 1963. After this, many sounding rockets, which study the atmosphere, lifted off from Thumba…
Thumba was soon termed Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. The first sounding rocket, Nike Apache supplied by NASA, was launched on November 21st 1963. After this, many sounding rockets, which study the atmosphere, lifted off from Thumba…
8. The fire of the Human Spirit
On 21st November 1963, India’s first rocket launch took place. The rocket was a sounding rocket called the Nick- Apache, which was built at NASA. It was assembled in the church building, and the only equipment for its transportation was a truck and…
On 21st November 1963, India’s first rocket launch took place. The rocket was a sounding rocket called the Nick- Apache, which was built at NASA. It was assembled in the church building, and the only equipment for its transportation was a truck and…
9. The Birthday of ISRO
Out of this simple place with almost no resources, that bunch of young scientists designed more than 15 different designs of the sound rockets to study upper atmosphere and ionosphere of the earth.
Vikram Sarabhai created ISRO on 15 August 1969, which…
Out of this simple place with almost no resources, that bunch of young scientists designed more than 15 different designs of the sound rockets to study upper atmosphere and ionosphere of the earth.
Vikram Sarabhai created ISRO on 15 August 1969, which…
10. ISRO - The March of the Spirit of the India
When in 1981, pics of the APPLE Satellite being carried on a bullock cart appeared in media, entire western Media mocked us with choicest of the cartoons, but they never knew that they were fiddling with the spirit of a sleeping…
When in 1981, pics of the APPLE Satellite being carried on a bullock cart appeared in media, entire western Media mocked us with choicest of the cartoons, but they never knew that they were fiddling with the spirit of a sleeping…
11. ISRO - An unstoppable march
ISRO has launched 431 satellites for 34 countries as of 30 July 2023.
And this saga of the march of a silent giant took another leap into the eternity of the space by landing #Chandrayan3 on the #southpole of the moon which is considered most…
ISRO has launched 431 satellites for 34 countries as of 30 July 2023.
And this saga of the march of a silent giant took another leap into the eternity of the space by landing #Chandrayan3 on the #southpole of the moon which is considered most…
12. Be very proud of your Indian heritage and culture of India.
It is the greatest gift destiny has bestowed upon us to let us take birth of this land of Sanatan.
Vande Mataram
Jai Hind
Radhe Radhe
Blessings from Shri Krishna to you all
It is the greatest gift destiny has bestowed upon us to let us take birth of this land of Sanatan.
Vande Mataram
Jai Hind
Radhe Radhe
Blessings from Shri Krishna to you all
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