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Awarded the Padma Shri (1982), Padma Bhushan (1992) and Padma Vibhushan (2000), there is very little this celebrated scientist hasn't attained in the domain of space, scientific research and academia.

Here is the little-known story of Udupi Ramachandra Rao, visionary space scientist, ex-ISRO chief and the architect of India’s first satellite Aryabhata.

Till his last days, he served as the Chairman of the governing council of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad and the Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Science and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram.

Will NISAR be able to provide us with some much needed answers?

From experiments on the lunar surface to trying to definitively provide proof of ice-water, here’s what we can expect from Chandrayaan 2.

"Nothing Succeeds like Success" said the French writer Alexandre Dumas, and scientists from the Indian Space Research Organization couldn't agree more.

In a country that has too few patents and globally path-breaking inventions for its size, ISRO's efforts clearly show how world class products can be made in the resource-constrained environment of an emerging economy.