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Meet The Brains Behind ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 Mission

India is ready to join the elite club of moon landers with Chandrayaan-3, its third lunar adventure. The mission will showcase India's soft landing skills on the moon's surface. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is keeping mum about the team behind the mission, but we know it's an all-male team. The LVM3 rocket will blast off from Sriharikota at 2.35 p.m. on Friday with Chandrayaan-3 on board.

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Updated:Jul 14, 2023, 08:51 AM IST

S Somanath

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The mastermind of the mission and a former boss of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), the main rocket centres of ISRO. He has also boosted other key missions like Aditya-L1 and Gaganyaan.

P Veeramuthuvel

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The project director and the visionary of the mission. He is a senior scientist from Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, who has climbed up the ladder in ISRO.

S Unnikrishnan Nair

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The head of VSSC and the maker of the LVM3 rocket. He and his team are responsible for various vital aspects of the mission.

A Rajarajan

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The director of SDSC SHAR, India's main spaceport in Sriharikota. He is also the chairman of LAB, which gives the green signal for the launch. He is an expert in composites and has ensured the readiness of solid motors and launch infrastructure for ISRO's growing launch needs, including Gaganyaan and SSLV.

M Sankaran

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The director of URSC, India's lead centre for satellite design and development. He took charge in June 2021 and is leading the satellite team to meet India's needs in communication, navigation, remote sensing, meteorology and inter-planetary exploration.

Chayan Dutta

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The deputy project director for Chandrayaan 3 and the leader of the on board command telemetry, data handling and storage system. He is a scientist/engineer from Assam who will lead the launch control of Chandrayaan-3.