India's space research agency - ISRO - has set its sights on Earth's planetary neighbours and expects to mark its presence on Mars and Venus within five years, Dr M Sankaran, Director of the UR Rao Satellite Center in Bengaluru told NDTV.
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Some of the notable awardees include S Somanath, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), newspaper distributor from Mysore Javarappa, golfer Aditi Ashok, cine actors ‘Dingri’ Nagaraj and B. Janardhan, freedom fighter Puttaswamy Gowda from Ramanagara among others
Chandrayaan, series of Indian lunar space probes. Chandrayaan is Hindi for ‘moon craft.’ Chandrayaan-1, the first lunar space probe of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), found water on the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 was ISRO’s first lunar lander.