For the first time, Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has appointed two women scientists – Ritu Karidhal (as
mission director) and Muthayya
Vanitha(as project director) – to head the India’s second Moon
mission Chandrayaan-2.
ISRO Chairman K Sivan announced that close to 30
percent of the ISRO team working on Chandrayaan 2 are women.
Ritu
Karidhal was referred as
the ‘Rocket Woman of
India‘. She became famous with the launch of the Mars Orbiter
Mission where she was the deputy operations director.
Muthayya Vanitha received the Best Woman Scientist award
in 2006 by the Astronomical Society of India.
About
Chandrayaan-2:
Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second mission to
explore moon after Chandrayaan-1.
Developed by: ISRO
The Chandrayaan-2 mission is scheduled to launch
on July 15.
The project cost is close to Rs 1,000 crore with
the involvement of close to 600 industries and 15 academia collaboration.
