Meet The Scientists Behind The Success Of Chandrayaan- 3

Meet the scientists behind the success of chandrayaan- 3

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Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on Wednesday completed the last endeavour and made a soft landing on the surface of the Moon

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The touchdown took place at 6:04 pm on August 23, 2023, as scheduled

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Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the moon! Congratulations, India!," said the Indian Space Research Organization

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Hundreds of ISRO scientists have worked behind the scenes to make the moon landing possible

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India become the first country to land a spacecraft on the lunar south pole

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Here are the six scientists behind ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission

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The brain behind India's ambitious Moon mission is ISRO chief S Somanath. Somanath has also been credited for accelerating ISRO's other missions, including Gaganyaan and Sun-mission Aditya-L1

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P Veeramuthuvel took charge as the Project Director of Chandrayaan-3 in 2019. Aged about 46 years, he hails from a small family in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district

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S Unnikrishnan Nair is the Director of VSSC located in Thumba, Kerala. VSSC was responsible for developing the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III, now known as Launch Vehicle Mark-III

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S Mohana Kumar, a senior scientist from the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, is the mission director for Chandrayaan-3. Kumar has worked as the director for the successful commercial launch of the One Web India 2 satellites on board the LVM3-M3 mission

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M Sankaran assumed the role of Director at the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC). Sankaran leads the team responsible for crafting satellites

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A Rajarajan is an expert in the area of composites. He was looking after the fruition of solid motor production and launch complex infrastructure to meet ISRO's increased demand for launches

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