ISRO once sent the first rocket by loading it on a bicycle, now it is ready to compete with NASA

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission has been completely successful. The lander sent by ISRO has made a safe landing on the surface of the moon. Now ISRO's stature in the world has become so big that it can even compete with America's space agency NASA. Do you know that this journey of ISRO once started by carrying rockets on a bicycle

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission was completely successful and ISRO's lander made a safe landing on the lunar surface. India is the first country in the world which has reached the south pole of the moon. That's why this mission becomes special in many ways. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself became the witness of this success of Chandrayaan-3 and he made it clear by saying 'Chanda Mama Door Ke', not 'Chanda Mama Door Ke' popular in India, that in the coming days ISRO will become the world's space traveller. It is also going to compete with NASA in the economy. But do you know that this journey of ISRO once started with just a bicycle.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also exposed the future plans of ISRO, which will give India a different position in the world's space economy. This includes the 'Aditya L-1' mission to study the Sun, the 'Gaganyaan' mission to send humans into space and a mission to visit Venus. Earlier, India has sent an orbiter mission to Mars, which was the first such space mission in the world, which was successful in its first attempt.

Chandrayaan-3 brought ISRO ahead of NASA

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission is going to take ISRO ahead of NASA. ISRO has touched that part of the moon, which even the sun itself could not touch, while the moon is illuminated only by the light of the sun. Apart from India, no country has yet reached the south pole of the moon. That's why now India is ready to compete with the big countries of the world in the space economy. Not only this, recently Russia also sent 'Luna-25' mission prepared at a cost of Rs 1600 crores to the south pole of the moon, but it crashed before landing. In this way, India's mission is now the only mission to reach the south pole of the moon, at a cost of just Rs 615 crore.

The world's space economy will change

This success of ISRO will write a new chapter of space economy in the world. At present, ISRO works to launch satellites for many countries of the world, private companies at low cost. For this, Antrix, a commercial unit of ISRO, works separately. Elon Musk's StarX and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin are also placing their bets in this space economy. Now ISRO is able to give a tough competition to all these companies because India can complete the space mission at a much lower cost than them.

ISRO's journey started with a bicycle

When ISRO started reaching the moon and Mars, then it did not even have a proper vehicle to carry the parts of the first rocket. The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was formed in the year 1962. In the year 1969, on the occasion of Independence Day, ISRO became. The credit for making Incospar goes to Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. The very next year of establishment, Incospar launched the first space-going rocket. This sounding rocket designed to test the atmosphere was launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Kerala, today its name is Vikram Sarabhai Space Center.

Many parts of this rocket were taken to the landing site with the help of a bicycle. Help was taken from the villagers and a rocket was launched on the land of the church. After this the story progressed and ISRO launched its first satellite 'Aryabhata' on 19 April 1975. Then ISRO was helped by the then Soviet Union Russia. Today the situation has changed in such a way that India's moon mission has been successful, while Russia's lunar mission has crashed.