Isro to host exhibition on space in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Isro will create a footprint in Mumbai as part of its centenary tribute to Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India's space programme.
The space agency has organised an exhibition highlighting its achievements at the Nehru Science Centre, Worli, from September 15-17.
In a media interaction on Friday, science centre director, Shivaprasad Khened, said the exhibition will be open to the public between 9.30am and 6pm.He said the exhibition is in collaboration with Isro's Ahmedabad-based Space Application Centre, where most of the payloads for Isro missions are designed and developed.
The travelling exhibition will move to SIES School, Matunga, from September 18 to 20, and then to other educational institutions in and around Mumbai. As part of the celebrations, a day-long 'National Conference on India in Space and Nuclear Energy: Achievements and Challenges' has been organized at the Nehru Science Centre on Monday.