Meet The Brains Behind ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 Mission
S Somanath
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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