SPACE AGE INDIA

NASA Astronaut Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari was born on June 24, 1977 in the city of Milwaukee, United States of America. He is the third astronaut of Indian origin after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. His father's name is Late Mr. Srinivas V. Chari and mother's name is Mrs. Peggy Edward. His brother's name is Mr. Krishna Chari. Raja Chari is married to Holly Schaffter Chari and they have two sons and a daughter. He was raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Raja Chari completed his elementary education in the year 1995 from Columbus High School, Waterloo, Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Astronautical Engineering degree from the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1999 and a Master of Science in Astronautical Engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge in 2001. After completing his master's, he attended undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. In the year 2003, he got the appointment to the post o...

Mr. Naga Bharath Daka and Mr. Pawan Kumar Chandana, founders of Skyroot Aerospace. (From Left to Right) Photo Credit: Skyroot Aerospace      On November 18, 2022, the Indian Space Research Centre (ISRO) successfully launched the Rocket  Vikram-S  of a private sector entity Skyroot Aerospace, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) and opened the doors of the space sector for Indian private entities.  Vikram-S  was a sub-orbital flight that reached an altitude of 89.5 kilometers in 155 seconds, exceeding the pre determined height of 80 kilometers. Through this rocket, Skyroot Aerospace was able to send payloads of its three customers Space Kids India, Bazoomq Armenia and N-Space Tech India to space. Successful launching of first private Indian rocket Vikram-S on 18 November, 2022 from  Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (India). Photo Credit: Skyroot Aerospace      The launch of Vikram-S was named as Mission " Pr...