India Is A Spacefaring Nation
By Frank Morring, Jr., Neelam Mathews
Bengaluru, Bengaluru
India’s recent failure to orbit a satellite with an indigenous cryogenic upper-stage engine—after a decade of trying—will slow the country’s ambitious space program, but it is not likely to stop it.
Plans to send astronauts to orbit on an Indian launch vehicle depend on making the engine work, and India’s space program has a long history of overcoming setbacks on its ...
