Hello guys, this is the story of
first ever rocket launched by Indian space scientist, the first milestone in
modern India’s Space Odyssey.
So, one fine a
day Dr Sarabhai and his fellow scientist
(including Dr APJ Abdul Kalam) went to Thumba village to talk to the then-bishop of
Trivandrum who lived in the house of adjacent to the church. They were
interested in acquiring the church and the near land for their first rocket
launch.
The villagers relocated to
new village with brand new church in 100 days flat. The Bishop's home
was quickly converted into an office.
Carefully selected by Dr Sarabhai, the then- chairman of the
national committee of Space Research these young scientists and engineers had
been trained in sounding rocket assembly and launching at NASA’s Wallops island launching facility in Virginia,
united States. The early recruit included former President APJ Abdul Kalam ,
veteran scientist R Aravmudan. Back then, even rocket parts and payloads were
transported by Bullock carts and bicycle
to the launch pad.
It was in these
unassuming setting that India staged its first launch that of Nike-Apache
rocket supplied by NASA after 6 months of labour, on 21 November 1963, India was ready for its very
first rocket launch. Many eminent names in Science and technology had gathered
for the occasion, including Dr Homi Bhabha (the faher of indian nuclear
programme) and Dr P R Pirashoty(the founder director of Indian institute of
tropical Meteorology). The Governor of Kerala was also there along with the
district collector and the bishop.
At 6:25 pm, the world was watching the rocket streaked away into the gathering dusk. Minutes later a
sodium vapor cloud had emerged in the sky high above, tinted Orange by setting
sun. India successfully put is first signature on space.
53 years later, Thumba is the hub of all space programs
hemmed by the Indian Space Research organization.The Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre at Thumba has given India launch vehicles, Geo-stationary satellites and
some of the finest Remote Sensing satellites.
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