The ‘Malayali’ on the Moon

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When Vikram soft-landed on the lunar south pole, it additionally marked a particular second of pleasure for Kerala, which has made immense contributions to all of ISRO’s Moon missions, beginning with Chandrayaan-1. Here’s a have a look at the Malayali hyperlink with the profitable Moon mission

What started as a humble but bold odyssey to the Moon beneath a Malayali has tasted success beneath one other Malayali. When Vikram soft-landed on the lunar south pole, it additionally marked a particular second of pleasure for Kerala, which has made immense contributions to all of ISRO’s Moon missions, beginning with Chandrayaan-1. 

It was beneath G Madhavan Nair, an alumnus of Thiruvananthapuram’s University College and College of Engineering, that the nation undertook its first Moon mission in 2008. ISRO declared the mission over after a 12 months when communication with the spacecraft was misplaced. In 2019, Chandrayaan-2 failed to realize a mushy landing on the lunar floor. 

The Chandrayaan-3 mission’s success comes at a time when ISRO is headed by one other Malayali — S Somanath, a local of Thuravoor and an alumnus of Ernakulam Maharaja’s College and Kollam TKM College of Engineering. 

Incidentally, many current ISRO chiefs emerged from the Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. This consists of Madhavan and Somnath.  “By heading the biggest division of ISRO, VSSC administrators naturally are likely to get choice. Initially, most ISRO chairmen weren’t from VSSC. G Madhavan Nair was from VSSC, adopted by Ok Radhakrishnan, although he had served in VSSC for less than a brief interval. The subsequent chairman, Kiran Kumar, was additionally not from VSSC.

His successors, Ok Sivan and S Somnath, have been from VSSC. They additionally occur to be the senior-most scientists, too. VSSC being the main division, the senior-most scientists will largely be from there,” stated a former ISRO scientist. 

Usually launch automobiles for Moon missions come from VSSC, whereas the satellite tv for pc for the mission is ready at Bengaluru-based U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC). Chandrayaan-1 utilised the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11). Incidentally, URSC was then headed by one other Malayali —  T Ok Alex. 

Playing a key position within the success of Chandrayaan-3, the mission’s propulsion module was configured by Thiruvananthapuram-based Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC). Moreover, six public-sector models and round 20 non-public firms within the state additionally contributed to its achievement.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When Vikram soft-landed on the lunar south pole, it additionally marked a particular second of pleasure for Kerala, which has made immense contributions to all of ISRO’s Moon missions, beginning with Chandrayaan-1. Here’s a have a look at the Malayali hyperlink with the profitable Moon mission

What started as a humble but bold odyssey to the Moon beneath a Malayali has tasted success beneath one other Malayali. When Vikram soft-landed on the lunar south pole, it additionally marked a particular second of pleasure for Kerala, which has made immense contributions to all of ISRO’s Moon missions, beginning with Chandrayaan-1. 

It was beneath G Madhavan Nair, an alumnus of Thiruvananthapuram’s University College and College of Engineering, that the nation undertook its first Moon mission in 2008. ISRO declared the mission over after a 12 months when communication with the spacecraft was misplaced. In 2019, Chandrayaan-2 failed to realize a mushy landing on the lunar floor. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The Chandrayaan-3 mission’s success comes at a time when ISRO is headed by one other Malayali — S Somanath, a local of Thuravoor and an alumnus of Ernakulam Maharaja’s College and Kollam TKM College of Engineering. 

Incidentally, many current ISRO chiefs emerged from the Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. This consists of Madhavan and Somnath.  “By heading the biggest division of ISRO, VSSC administrators naturally are likely to get choice. Initially, most ISRO chairmen weren’t from VSSC. G Madhavan Nair was from VSSC, adopted by Ok Radhakrishnan, although he had served in VSSC for less than a brief interval. The subsequent chairman, Kiran Kumar, was additionally not from VSSC.

His successors, Ok Sivan and S Somnath, have been from VSSC. They additionally occur to be the senior-most scientists, too. VSSC being the main division, the senior-most scientists will largely be from there,” stated a former ISRO scientist. 

Usually launch automobiles for Moon missions come from VSSC, whereas the satellite tv for pc for the mission is ready at Bengaluru-based U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC). Chandrayaan-1 utilised the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11). Incidentally, URSC was then headed by one other Malayali —  T Ok Alex. 

Playing a key position within the success of Chandrayaan-3, the mission’s propulsion module was configured by Thiruvananthapuram-based Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC). Moreover, six public-sector models and round 20 non-public firms within the state additionally contributed to its achievement.