The seeds were sown at Kerala’s Thumba, which, during the 1960s, became an international launch stationThe Indian space programme didn’t originate even when the launch of Sputnik 1 made headlines throughout the world. For that to happen, India needed to have its own space programme, which was still a distant dream. The early part of Indian space programme was backed by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and, therefore, some of the engineers working for Indian space programme were still on the payrolls of DAE, while other engineers were recruited directly from the Physical Research Laboratory. The seeds of the Indian space programme were sown at Thumba, which, during the 1960s, became an international launch station. The Indian space programme owes its development and expansion to the aid and assistance of both the United States and the USSR.

Source: dna October 29, 2017 02:37 UTC