Indian Space Program – Sea Changes from humble beginning
In the early 1960’s India was slowly awakening to the Space age. Although rest of the world was preparing to reach for the Moon. we were making our humble beginning a small rocket took off from Thumba on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, announcing the birth of the modern space age in India. That was when the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) formally came into existence. Over the years, TERLS have given birth to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
This was how the Rocket Cone was transported to the Launch Pad at Thumba !!
November 21, 1963: The Nike Apache rocket being readied for launch.
Early days at the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. Readying equipment to be carried by a sounding rocket into the atmosphere are Kalam and R.Aramudhan.
The present day Launch Station at SriHarikota.
For details of Indian Space Program check this ISRO Web site
This content is contributed by Mr.A.Jebastin, Inspector of Customs, Chennai.
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Padmanabhan said on Friday, March 27, 2009, 17:36
As a former space employee I was thrilled to see the Indian Space photos in GConnect. From borowed sounding rockets from NASA(Nike_apache) to our own satellite to moon on our own vehicles. Let us hope we Indians will walk in space, moon and beyond and bring space to Indian common man.
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R Ramanjaneyulu said on Saturday, March 28, 2009, 22:50
Excellent progress. Keep it up
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