Ritu Karidhal the Rocket Woman Leading India's Chandrayaan-3 is a rocket scientist and the Mission Director of Chandrayaan-3, the third lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). She is also the Deputy Operations Director of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan. Karidhal was born...
On Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that the encapsulated assembly containing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has been joined with LVM3, their new heavy lift launch vehicle, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Chandrayaan-3 serves as a continuation of the Chandrayaan-2 mission and aims to showcase the...
The first abort test for India's Gaganyaan mission will be conducted in early August 2023. The test will use a special test vehicle (TV) that will be taken to a near-supersonic condition before the abort command is executed. This will put the crew module (CM) and the crew escape system...
