As Chandrayaan-3 Creates History, India Celebrates 'Rocket Woman of India'

Ritu Karidhal was a Deputy Operations Director to India's Mars orbital mission – Mangalyaan.

As India celebrates Chandrayaan-3's successful landing on the moon, there's one name that stands out in the world of space exploration, Ritu Karidhal.

Known as the 'Rocket Woman', Karidhal was a Deputy Operations Director to India's Mars orbital mission – Mangalyaan.

(An earlier version of this article stated that Ritu Karidhal was the Mission Director of Chandrayaan-3. The error has been corrected.)