Physicist for India’s Mars Mission: ‘Worked Perfectly’
Indian scientists and engineers at the Indian Space Research Organization monitor the Mars Orbiter Mission at the tracking center, ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bangalore Nov. 27, 2013 (Getty Images)
Richard Springer, India West
Euphoria was the word of the day Sept. 24, as India’s space program took a huge leap forward by sending its Mangalyaan satellite into orbit around Mars, making it the first country in Asia to do so and the only country to succeed on its first try (see separate story).
One of the most overjoyed observers of the successful mission was Professor Narendra Bhandari, who was visiting his son, Vikram Bhandari, and other family members in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A physicist, Bhandari is a member of the Indian Space Research Organization’s Mars Orbiter Mission, serving on its payload section committee, which chooses the scientific instruments carried on the satellite and oversees their modifications….
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