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

From HAL to ISRO, IISc's enormously talented scientists played pivotal roles in building India’s aerospace programme. This is their story.

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.

Fondly referred to as the father of the Indian space programme, his legacy lives on.

On November 21 1963, that a small rocket took off from Thumba on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, announcing the birth of the modern space age in India. This is the interesting story of Indian space history's first milestone.