ISRO female scientist, the voice behind Chandrayaan-3 launch countdown, dies

According to media reports, N Valaramathi was a resident of Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu. She died in Chennai on Saturday evening after a heart attack. Former scientists of ISRO expressed grief over the demise of the woman scientist. Former Scientist Dr. PV Venkatakrishna said that the voice of Valarmathi Madam has been silenced for the countdown of future missions of ISRO from Sriharikota, this voice will not be heard anymore.

N Valaramathi was born on July 31, 1959. After schooling, college, she joined the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1984. She has been a contributor to many missions of ISRO. She served as the Project Director of indigenously developed Radar Imaging Satellite (RIS) and IRST-1. Abdul Kalam Awards were given for the first time in 2015 and N Valaramathi was the first scientist to receive this award.

 Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14 from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. On August 23, the Lander Module (LM) of Chandrayaan-3 landed on the surface of the Moon. The lander module consisted of Vikram lander and Pragyan rover. India became the first country in the world to land on the south pole of the Moon and the fourth country to land on the Moon.

The rover Pragyan has completed its work on the moon and has now been put in sleep mode. ISRO Chief S Somnath had earlier said that since it will now be night on the Moon, the rover and lander will be 'deactivated'.