NASA’s Artemis II mission will be a grand success: ISRO chairman V. Narayanan

V. Narayanan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Saturday described the Artemis II mission of US’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as “a great effort” and expressed confidence that it will result in future human landings on the moon.

“I’m 100% sure that this mission will be a grand success, leading towards later landings on the moon,” Dr. Narayanan stated of NASA’s first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years.

Dr. Narayanan was talking to reporters after receiving the Ok.P.P. Nambiar Award 2025 instituted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Kerala part.

Recalling the previous human landings on the moon, Dr. Narayanan stated the Artemis programme was a step in direction of repeating the feat.

In his award acceptance speech, Dr. Narayanan stated ISRO was studying from the dual “setbacks” of the Polar satellite tv for pc Launch Vehicle (PSLV) missions and would have every thing again on observe.

He stated that by 2040, the nation’s area actions will be on a par with another nation by way of launcher and spacecraft applied sciences, functions  and infrastructure.

“Multiple programmes” have been at the moment underway, together with the Gaganyaan programme and the Bharatiya Antariksh Station mission. For a nation that began its area programme within the Nineteen Sixties at “LKG level” when different international locations have been placing people into area and the moon, India’s area programme has grown exponentially, he stated. Dr. Narayanan additionally underscored the necessity to improve the variety of satellite tv for pc launches to fulfill the nation’s necessities. Today, greater than 400 startups are additionally working within the area sector, he identified.

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He devoted the  Ok.P.P. Nambiar Award to the tempo neighborhood of India.

Rajalakshmi Menon, Director General (Aero), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) obtained IEEE’s Outstanding Woman Engineer Award. IEEE Kerala chapter workplace bearers B.S. Manoj and Chinmoy Saha additionally spoke.