Dr Sankarasubramanian -2023

Dr Sankarasubramanian -2023

Session

India’s Interstellar - Chandrayaan, Aditya, Gaganyaan

Global Bio India 2023 Auditorium 1 (Level 2), Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
The Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO) made history on August 23 with the landing of Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander on the moon’s surface, making India the fourth country in the world to do so. The Indian space agency is not resting on its laurels! The Aditya-L1, that ISRO recently sent into orbit, is India's first space observatory for solar research, and set to study solar winds and their impact on Earth's climate patterns, aiming to travel 1.5 million km in about four months to study the sun's atmosphere. ISRO has also announced plans for future space explorations and an indigenous space station by 2035 as well as landing an Indian on the moon by 2040! Is India surging ahead on its interstellar cruise? Find out!