Thiruvananthapuram, India
Canal Gate Station Kadavu, Thumba
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+91 4712562275
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Situated near the northern boundary of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), a few metres from the coastline, St Mary Magdalene Church, lined with high-tech artefacts and visuals, speak the tell tales on the birth of Indian Space Programme.It was in this church that the first rocket systems were assembled and integrated in 1962. The Bishop House, forming part of the church, functioned at that time as the office of the Director, TERLS. As the scientific activities gathered momentum, new projects came up, which necessitated the construction of new buildings. The first in the line were the Control Centre and then the R&D complex on the Veli Hills, all of which relegated the church building into the background.But the good old church refused to go into oblivion! It sprang back to life with renewed vigour. It was converted into a photographic facility, this time as the official chronicler of the Indian Space Programme. In 1985, the church was converted into a Space Museum. The museum has full-scale model of PSLV and PSLV heat shield on its premises. The museum also has scaled down (one fifth in size) models of GSLV, GSLV Mk-III and ATV. Space Museum provides a tell-tale account of the Indian Space Programme from its infancy. The story of the Indian Space Programme is unfurled in six sections, comprising of history, education, technology, applications, global and the future. A movie theatre with surround sound system screens specially tailored movies on Indian Space Programme.The museum attracts regular crowds including students and the public of the order of a lakh in a year. The museum is open to public from 09 30 to 16 00 hrs on all days except Sundays and declared holidays.
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Must visit when you come to Thiruvananthapuram By visiting we can understand deep about our countries space science technology and how fast Isro grown
It's an important place of indian space science where the first rocket of india called 'nikey apache' was took off. The Church was taken as the first place for the isro's office. Now it's arranged as a museum for indians to know what their past done. Real used equipments and demonstrating videos are included to find deep history of isro. As stand as a import and valuable place of indian space science the place is secured very well. No private vehicle are allowed to the inside of the place, but government Buses are ready to take all the visitors. Better experience will get in the 3rd wednesday of each month. Even now sreehari kotta is taken for rocket take off, in this particular day a rocket(small rocket for whether etc...) Is take off in morning. If you are curious to know about indian space science it's a good place
Excellent and knowledge hunting, simply place for information hunters
Museum in a Church! Yes this is the place where our Indian scientists first tried all their experiments and created history! You would need approvals (via space museum website) before coming here for a hassle free entry into the premises. Musuem is approx 1km from the premises. Vehicles from outside need prior approvals. You would find all the prototypes of the rocket launch vehicles used by India so far. VSSC team will be available there to guide you through each and every section. I recommend you to watch Mission Mangal, gravity etc before coming here, so that you can understand more! Must for students! Cameras, Pendrives, Laptops, Smart watches and other electronic goods are not allowed. By the way entry is completely free!
Nice place Visit the place those who didn't..
Must visit place. Well arranged
It was a very nice experience, very informative.
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