Reaching for the Stars  (English, Hardcover, Bagla Pallava)

Reaching for the Stars: India’s Journey to Mars and Beyond provides an incisive look into India’s maiden interplanetary project, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), which was completely conceptualized, designed and executed by ISRO.

Summary of the Book

Reaching for the Stars chronicles the story of a fascinating 15-month journey that ISRO got on to after the historic announcement of India’s Mars Mission on 15 July, 2012. Mangalyaan began its tough and daunting journey of 690 million kilometers through deep space on 5 November, 2013. Inter-planetary journeys are uncharted and unexplored territories, which test and inspire the human minds in a million ways. This mission was a great achievement for ISRO. This book brings to light the great efforts put in by the scientists at ISRO in designing and executing this mission with complete indigenous capability. Replete with never-before-seen photographs, this book is a must-have for those interested in knowing more about the Mars Orbiter Mission.

About the Authors

Pallava Bagla is a well-known science communicator and photographer. He has a career spanning more than a 25 years and has closely witnessed the blossoming of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He has immense knowledge of India's secretive nuclear, missile and space programs. He works for the Science magazine and New Delhi Television.

Subhadra Menon is a celebrated writer and well-known public speaker with several books to her credit. She is closely associated with the Public Health Foundation of India in New Delhi.