The first rocket in India was transported on a cycle

Dr Sarabhai, the then-executive of the national board of trustees on space inquire about, these youthful researchers and architects had been prepared in sounding rocket get together and propelling at NASA's Wallops Island propelling office in Virginia, United States. The early selects included previous President APJ Abdul Kalam, veteran researcher R Aravamudan.

In the underlying stages, Thumba had no container or offices of any kind, so the researchers would cycle each day to the railroad station at Trivandrum for their breakfast and supper (they would get their lunch pressed). Back then, the main jeep was constantly occupied, so the researchers needed to either walk or utilize a cycle to move inside the range. While weekdays would be exceptionally occupied, the researcher would have not a lot to do amid occasions or ends of the week. In this way, they would either go to the shorelines at Kovalam or Shankumukham or catch an old Hollywood motion picture at Srikumar theater.