chandrayaan 2

From Kaur, Karidhal to Somasundaram, female scientists are helping shed the infamous notion that ‘India is a land of snake charmers’.

After Mangalyaan, the limelight is now back on the 'rocket women' of the #ISRO, M Vanitha and Ritu Karidhal, as they spearhead India's 'most complex' space mission yet.

ISRO’s second mission to the moon – Chandrayaan-2 is expected to launch later this year in October. It is primarily set to discover information about Helium 3 deposits.

Chandrayaan-2 will land on the surface of the moon in 2017. Solar mission Aditya L1 is slated for launch in 2019. Here's more about ISRO's plans for the future.