ISRO: Top 6 Interesting Facts
He is also considered the father of the Indian space program. On his name, the lander for Chandrayaan 2 was called 'Vikram lander'.
It was launched on 19 April 1975 with the help of Russia.
It collected scientific information about the moon’s mineralogy, geology & topography, making India the 4th country to host its flag on the moon.
To this date, India remains the only country to reach mars on its first attempt (in orbit, not landed) despite having a tight budget of INR 450 crore (even this amount was also not fully exhausted), which was the lowest to date.
It is a web-based 3D satellite imagery tool that is the Indian version of Google Earth.