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India is all set to witness the last endeavor of its indigenous spacecraft Chandrayaan-3's soft landing on the lunar surface on Wednesday...
If Chandrayaan-3 successfully makes a lunar touchdown and lands its robotic lunar rover in ISRO's second attempt in four years, India will join the ranks of the United States, China, and the former Soviet Union as the fourth nation to master the technology of soft lunar landings...
Somanath has also served as the director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre the primary centres for development of rocket technologies for ISRO, before heading India's space organisation...
Veeramuthuvel was serving as a deputy director in the Space Infrastructure Programme Office at the ISRO headquarters before the Moon mission started..
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III, which was renamed as Launch Vehicle Mark-III, rocket, was also developed by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), said TOI in a report...
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