Somanath releases coffee-table book on ISRO brought out by The Hindu

Explore ISRO's space journey with behind-the-scenes stories, interviews, and stunning photographs in a historical coffee-table book by The Hindu.

Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, S. Somanath, on Thursday (September 5, 2024) released a coffee-table book brought out by The Hindu Group of Publications, ISRO: Exploring New Frontiers - To The Moon, The Sun & Beyond.

The book curated by T.S. Subramanian, former Associate Editor, Frontline, documents the achievements of India as a space-faring nation in detail, from its nascent days in the 1960s to recent programmes like the Mars Orbiter Mission, Chandrayaan-1, 2 and 3 and the Aditya L-1 missions.

The book documents these missions with insightful behind-the-scenes stories, interviews and spectacular photographs of India’s space journey.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Somanath lauded The Hindu for bringing out the book, which he said was a good historical collection of information related to the ISRO and India’s space programme.

“Many things come back to mind when such a book is being released. Of course, the book has come from the background of Chandrayaan-3. But Chandrayaan-3 is just an event that happened in the history of ISRO and this book is a good historical collection of information about ISRO,” Mr. Somanath said. He also congratulated the publication for bringing out books on art, culture, literature and heritage.

“This is an important work and you have commissioned people who have certain credibility in their domain to bring out this book,” he said.

Suresh Nambath, Editor, The Hindu, said that this book takes a historical view not only by drawing from the newspaper’s archives but also from ISRO’s resources and extensive interviews with its scientists.