After serving as the Deputy Operations Director of the Mangalyaan-1 mission, Dr Ritu Karidhal was appointed as the Mission Director of the Chandrayaan-2 program.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission, on Friday (July 14) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota at 2:35 pm (local time). The launch marked the country’s third lunar mission and second attempt at a soft landing on the surface of the moon.