International Astronautical Congress celebrates 50 years of the Space Age

摘要

THIS YEAR'S International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held in the central Indian city of Hyderabad, marked the 50th anniversary of the Space Age, which began with the launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957. India's first satellite, Aryabhata, was not launched until 1975, but the nation has been increasingly active in space since then and recently announded details of its Chandrayaan-1 mission to send a spacecraft to the Moon in 2008.