Do the stars in the night sky raise your curiosity? Do you often think about what the sun and moon are composed of? The quest for these queries has propelled humanity to start the remarkable journey of space exploration. From the contribution and fascination of ancient civilization to the modern-day marvels of space technologies, we will cover every step of humans towards space exploration. And not only this, but we will also help you know about India’s remarkable contribution to celestial exploration by uncovering the details of the Chandrayaan mission in the blog.
Ancient space exploration
Since ancient times, humans have been exploring space; The ancient Egyptian, Greek and Indian civilizations did not use the techniques that we use today for space exploration, but they reached remarkable conclusions.
India’s ancient texts, such as Vedas and Puranas, comprehensively explain the origin of the universe and its structure. Surya Siddhanta, an ancient Indian scripture, contains information about the earth's rotation, the planet’s cycles, and other celestial occurrences. Additionally, astronomical principles like *equinoxes and *solstices were used in the construction of several ancient temples in India.
India’s space odyssey
Though the initial advancements in space were done by the Soviet Union (Now Russia) and the United States of America, India has emerged as a significant contributor to space technology and exploration. ISRO (Indian Space research organisation) has played a vital role in India’s space achievements by developing indigenous satellite launching vehicles- PSLV and GSLV and sending missions such as the Chandrayaan mission, and mars orbit mission, and many more into space.
In 1980, India launched the satellite RS-1 on its own launch vehicle SLV-3 and became the seventh country in the world that could do orbital satellites. After that, ISRO worked on medium-lift launch vehicles and developed GAGAN for navigation. ISRO has sent three missions to moon- chandrayaan 1, chandrayaan 2 and chandrayaan 3 and mars mission (Mangalyaan). The Mars mission has made ISRO the fourth space agency that successfully orbits Mars after NASA, ROSCOSMOS and the European space agency.
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