Never Give Up
BW Businessworld|21 October 2023
R VIKRAM SARABHAI, the father of India’s space programme, defied scepticism and limited resources to establish ISRO. Despite challenges, he founded ISRO in 1969 and secured funding for India’s first satellite in 1975
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Never Give Up

His legacy lives on through ISRO’s achievements, proving that with unwavering determination, even a developing nation can excel in space exploration. The Indian Space Research Organisation went on to achieve numerous milestones, including the Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan missions to the moon and mars. On 23 August at 18:03 IST Chandrayaan-3 touched down making India the fourth country to land on the moon successfully, and the first to do so near the Lunar South Pole.

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