Author: Dr Manish Mohan Gore

Space has always been a centre of curiosity and wonder for humankind. The shining sun during the day and the moon and millions of twinkling stars in the night sky have filled us with awe. In our childhood, we all heard stories about the moon and stars from our grandmoth­ers. While listening to and pondering on these stories, the human mind has always harboured the imagination and desire to travel through space, to jour­ney far from Earth to the moon, stars, and other planets, and observe them up close. Modern science and technology have greatly helped in fulfilling this age-old…