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As these iconic snapshots show, the sky has never been the limit for ISRO and its valiant heroes!

“I was in a comfortable and prestigious central government scientific position in the Department of Atomic Energy,” informs Aravamudan. Despite the friendly warnings from friends about leaving a prestigious job for something still in its nascent stage, Aravamudan accepted.

“The visitors can view [the] launch from this gallery in real time with naked eyes.”

The programme honours President APJ Kalam and will select students based on their science projects.

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.

In its maiden attempt, India became the first Asian nation to reach the Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt. One man who held it all together and made us proud is Dr Mayilswamy Annadurai.

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.

The national space organisation also aims to set aboard the 600 kg spacecraft designed by Team Indus before March 31, 2018.

ISRO has been trying to reduce the cost of access to space, which is why they’ve come up with the small launch vehicle.

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.