India's journey into space: From bicycles to rockets
Written By Wion Web Desk
Published: Jul 26, 2017, 05:44 IST | Updated: Jul 26, 2017, 05:44 IST
Renowned Indian space scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao -- the brains behind India's first satellite Aryabhatta -- died at 85 on Monday. Rao was involved in all of India's key space programmes.
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The father of India's space programme
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'The future belongs to science'
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Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
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Where do you build a rocket-launch site? A church
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How do you transport your rockets? On bicycles
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... and on bullock carts
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Udupi Ramachandra Rao
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Aryabhata satellite
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India goes to the moon
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... and to Mars
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