Rocket

“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.

“If the US can fly 14 to 16 million such rockets every year, then why can’t India reach a margin of over 50 million rockets?"

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

ISRO's former chairman K Kasturirangan has said that the space agency is working on the improvement of its rocket GSLV-Mark III so that it can be used for human space flight missions.

As the Indian Army's Dog Squad prepares to march down Rajpath this Republic Day, it is time to look back at and honour some canine heroes, fierce and ever loyal to our soldiers in uniform. We name and salute some of these legendary dogs here.