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Many nations have attempted to send spacecraft to Mars -- but not one ever succeeded on the first try. That is, until India's Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan. Ritu Karidhal was deputy operations director on the project, and she tells the story of how a young girl from Lucknow became a leader on this important scientific mission to explore the solar system.
Jul 19, 2023 · Compiled by: Amrita Priya. (July 19, 2023) Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, popularly known as the Rocket Woman of India, is a renowned scientist at Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Carrying the hopes of an entire nation, Ritu is leading Chandrayaan-3, India’s third moon mission. The spacecraft (LVM3-M4) lifted off from Sriharikota in ...
Aug 23, 2023 · Ritu Karidhal Srivastava an Indian scientist and aerospace engineer is the leading lady behind the gigantic Chandrayaan-3 Mission. Popularly known as the ‘Rocket Woman of India’ Ritu Karidhal ...
Aug 23, 2023 · Dr Karidhal is a senior scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Mission Director of Chandrayaan-2 and the Deputy Operations Director of Mangalyaan, India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). Ritu Karidhal Srivastava/ Femina.in. The Chandrayaan 3 landing time is set at 6.04 pm today evening. If the mission is successful, India ...
Aug 24, 2023 · Ritu Karidhal was the Mission Director of Chandrayaan-2 and the Deputy Operations Director of Mangalyaan, India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). She is popularly known as the rocket woman of India. Karidhal has been born and brought up in Lucknow. She pursued her BSc in Physics from the Lucknow University. She then received her ME degree in ...
Mar 6, 2024 · Ritu Karidhal in the year 2007 got the ISRO Young Scientist Award from then India's president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. In 2015, she was one of the recipients of the ISRO Team Award, which honoured her ...
Sep 21, 2023 · Dr. Ritu Karidhal is affectionately known as India's "Rocket Woman" due to her deep involvement in space sciences and her significant contributions to many other ISRO missions. Photo Credit: Pixabay Dr. Karidhal served as the Deputy Operations Director for India's Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, which made history as the first mission to successfully reach Mars on its maiden attempt.
