Photo Gallery

Photos from the archives

Blasts from the past

A collection of photographs to take you through Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s past

Nike Apache, 1963

NASA-built Nike Apache rocket was launched on Nov 21, 1963 from Thumba, ushering in India’s space era

St. Mary Magdalene church, Thumba (1963)

This church housed the office of the Thumba Space Centre—now, the VSSC Museum operates out of this building

RH 75 sounding rocket, Thumba, Nov 1967

D. Easwaradas with RH 75—India’s first sounding rocket—in Nov 1967 at Thumba

RH 125 sounding rocket’s first flight, Thumba, 1970

The first flight test of RH 125 happened from Thumba in 1970.

R. Aravamudan, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, H. G. S. Murthy, D. Easwaradas and Ramakrishna Rao at NASA’s Wallops Launch Station in Virginia (1963)

They were part of a seven-member team dispatched by Vikram Sarabhai to train with NASA and learn the art of assembling and launching small rockets for collecting scientific data

SLV-3 1979

Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam and Dr. Satish Dhawan next to SLV 3, 1979

SLV-3 lift off from SHAR, 1981

SLV-3 D1 flight on March 31, 1983 carrying Rohini Satellite RS-D1

ASLV lifts off from SHAR

ASLV lifts off from SHAR with its characteristic double-plumes