India’s Chandrayaan-3 was the first lunar landing near the south pole. That region of the moon may hold valuable resources like ice water. Now, India is planning more spaceflight missions and a space station. Haslinda Amin reveals the growing space firms in India.
Amin reports that India’s space ambitions began as a way of boosting its economy when the country was newly independent. In 1969, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was founded. ISRO was tasked with developing space programs to benefit the lives of India’s people; like communications and meteorology. Indian Space Research Organization’s first satellite was launched in 1975 and called Aryabhata.
