How India went to Mars

Name: How India went to Mars
Uploaded: 2018-01-04T15:02:31Z
Duration: 9 min 36 s
Description: 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.

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TED Talks India

• December 2017

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.