Space Museum in Kadakkavoor

Security was really nice. Campus was pretty. But the staff inside the museum was really rude.

Online booking must thru their website

Should visit this place with or without kids to feel the greatness of our apace research!

Pls take on line appointment, it is compalsary

Amazing experience of space museum visit. It shows complete development of space exploration history of India and also lot of scale models of actual satellites which were launched in history. Unfortunately photography is not allowed inside. It is really a must watch museum when in Thiruvananthapuram. It is government museum and completely free for Indians. Prior booking is must which can be done on VSSC website. Very nice and encouraging visit especially for young talent 😊👍

My home is near the apace museum... just an awesome silent place. More things to explore and for learning and research this is a great place. One have to visit this place once in his or her lifetime... just extraordinary naturistic place...

ISRO space museum VSSC thumba

Should visit at least once to kindle the internet in the field of space, rocket, etc.

Its a wonderful museum. But, smartphones, cameras and other digital devices are not be allowed in the campus due to security rerons

NASA allow phone and videography inside the museum, this is funny

Phones are not allowed. Place is serene and interesting. Need to get pass to enter.

One of the best museums to visit for space enthusiastic individuals !!!

Photography at museum will add to the ratings and ticket charges may be instituted to add security.

If you love ISRO, and want to know its history since its inception, go to the Space museum in a church at Thumba. Photography and videography are prohibited. You must take prior permission online and show the reference number at the check post. Then you would be issued a pass after depositing your phone and smartwatch. You can choose to walk or taking a free shuttle from the check post gate to the museum. I could click only one picture of a canal outside the campus.

The museum gives you an understanding on how ISRO is part of your daily life. Theres a little bit of ISRO in everyones life!

Nice visit to learn space related information

A great experience and a very good chance to know about rockets and ISRO!

Great serve to nation .From the days of having a church as control room, the bishops house as office and a bicycle as ferry and naked eyes to track the smoke plume at Thumba in Kerala and converting a toilet into a satellite data receiving centre in Bengaluru, Indian space odyssey have come a long way to ferrying foreign satellites, launching moon and Mars orbiters, and now planning to land on the Moon.The Indian Space Research Organization (ISROis the pioneer space exploration agency of the Government of India, headquartered at Bengaluru. ISRO was formed in 1969 with a vision to develop and harness space technology in national development, while pursuing planetary exploration and space science research. ISRO replaced its predecessor, INCOSPAR (Indian National Committee for Space Research), established in 1962 by India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and scientist Vikram Sarabhai, considered amongst the founding fathers of Indian space program.

I was watching a Kerala channel, from New York today and the broad cast was about school Children visiting the Thumpa Rocket Museum. The lady / a museum employee, who was explaining to the children the history and other facts about the program said something that was very wrong: that the reason why Thumpa was chosen for the facility was because the Equator passes through Thumpa. Wrong, Wrong,Wrong! Equator does not pass through India at all.India lies North of the equator. The southern tip of India is close to the equator but the equator does not pass through India at all. The children will repeat the error through their lives. Please tell the lady and others there, to correct this error, so they won’t confuse the children and other visitors forever. Thanks.Dr George Isaac

Nice place for kids to learn about the ISRO history and science. If you are lucky you can also see the sounding rocket launch.

Tie up properly for security clearance, else you will have to keep waiting a while

Space Museum inside Terls (Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching StationVSSC, Thiruvananthapuram which is having a museum that shows the growth of Insian Space programms, History and Evolution of Launch Vehicles and about future projects. and is the best place to visit for young kids.Recommend Book tickets in advance for free by contacting ATF / PR Office VSSC

Loved the place. A place of motivation. Electronic gadgets are not allowed.

Nice view and the guide have well knowledge about all query which are raised in a student about space-related things.Mobile and other electronic gadgets are allowed.For entry, online permission is much needed.Permission is taken from the official site of vssc.

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 sizemodels 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.

Its 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 isros office. Now its 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 its a good place

This was a church⛪ which was converted into museum🏯 in 1985. It originally started out as the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station(TERLSin the early 1960s. In 1962, Dr.Vikram Sarabhai, widely considered the father of India’s space programme, selected Thumba as the country’s first✌ launch site. The Space Museum provides a tell-tale account of the Indian Space Programme, from its infancy to the present. The story of Indian Space Programme is unfurled in six sections comprising History, Education, Technology, Applications, Global and the Future🙂. Visitors are allowed to see👀 the Sounding rocket launch🚀 which takes place on the third Wednesday of every month✌. Prior permission should be taken through their website or from public relations office to visit this museum🙌...

Great place for people who are hungry for knowledge related to space science.This is wonderful place to know about indian space missions and research. You will be accompanied by guides who are very good at their work. One of the places needed to be visited in visiting trivandrum.

Cant take photo inside.. first rocket in India was launched from here.. real scale and small scale rocket Indian models can be seen here.. it is like historical journey.. Under ISRO.

Amazing place to look at our countrys humble beginnings in this era of space exploration. A nice your would help you to become familiar with the efforts concentrated in achieving the current status of ISRO. Although, I feel there should have been some antique relics from that era, instead of all mockups..

Nice museum depicting the space development in India from the historic background to the present stage. Those who are interested in rocket science must visit it. This museum shows how India reach to its present stage in space and rocket science. Mobile phone is not allowed in the museum you can deposit at the security gate. This is also a show in the afternoon for the visitors. Thumba sounding rocket launching is nearby. I really enjoyed it.

Awesome experience.. Can enjoy the each and every point of rocket making process... Well explained in every language.. Its very helpfull for students... They can choose their career as scientist from there itself... It is very informative... All should visit...

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 websitebefore 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!

Set up in the church of St. Magdelene near the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLSin the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSCcompound, the Space Museum shows the story of the Indian space programme in six sections comprising of history, education, technology, applications, global, and the future. The exhibits include the various parts of a space shuttle with detailed descriptions of how it is used. Models of all the space shuttles that were created in India are found in the museum with information about the year of making, people associated, the purpose and the status of the launch. The models are placed chronologically which allows one to understand the space history of the nation. A full-scale space suit can also be found among the displays.A movie theatre with a surround-sound system screens specially tailored movies on the Indian space programme. The museum has been infused into the church in such a way that the altar has been preserved and becomes the central division of the museum, allowing one to enjoy the architecture too. The future of space makes up the last stages of the museum. Scientific artefacts of interest include full-scale models of the PSLV, PSLV heat shield and scaled down models of the GSLV, GSLV Mk-III and ATV.Visitors can also witness the sounding rocket launches which usually happen every Wednesday.

Very much knowledgeable place about the progress and achievements in the field of space research of Indian space research organization. This museum is established in an old church, inside the campus of VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE. mobile phone and electronic gadgets are prohibited inside.

Museum visit requires online application through their website. Every month, third Wednesday, they used to launch sounding rocket from the campus. So we selected 3rd Wednesday while applying.We reached around 10 in the morning, entered through canal side gate. Parking, cloak room, toilet and a small tea shop located near the entrance. We collected our pass from the office, locked our mobile phones inside the car and proceeded for the security check.After the security check they took us to the museum in their bus. So many school college students from Kerala and other states were present there inside the museum. So we couldn’t actually see all the exhibits there.After the museum visit, they took us to the sea side for watching the sounding rocket launch. On the way we saw the launching pad. View point for the visitors was located about 400 m far from the launching pad. View point is nothing but an open space close to the sea monitored by CISF. Better wear a hat and carry your water bottle. Count down started and at 11.45 sharp, it launched... few seconds.. it disappeared to the sky. Crowd dispersed; another bus took us to security gate. You can keep the entry pass with you as a souvenir.

Must visit when you come to ThiruvananthapuramBy visiting we can understand deep about our countries space science technology and how fast Isro grown

High security area, camera, mobile phones are prohibited inside the museum, one need to deposit mobile and other gadgets at the security gate, one need to have booking for the visit into the centre. Booking available from online.Space museum is too good, lot of things there in the display. We spent around one hour inside the centre..and thinking about the space research and opportunities..Want to visit this place again

This is wonderful place to know about indian space missions and research. Here at vssc space museum there is demo models of previously lanched rockets and satellites. if you visit on third Saturday you can witness the launch of sounding rockets(research rockets).

Must visit place. It will help us understand Indias space journey. Its tells about the struggle, vision of great men to take it this far. With little budget and technology, great scientists from India are able to successfully complete very complex projects like Mangalyaan in the first go.

Visited here with my family. Take your kids from age 12 onwards so that they can get maximum from here. Its a very good place to understand where india in space technology. Need online booking and on approval from vssc you can visit here.

Open Mon-Fri 9am. to 4pm. Book ticket online. Be there before 2.30pm. Well maintained and exhibited. Small park with real scale model of PSLV and GSLV rockets. Good staff.

A must visit place. Very useful and learning experience for everyone. You must get prior permission through their portal, and must carry original proof(same as what has been submitted for approval).Photos/Videos prohibited. Also car with GPS inbuilt will not be allowed after a marked limit. So plan accordingly.I loved this place and atmosphere.

Good place to take kids once in a while. Prior registration is required through website. Fast response shall be received through email. NO phone, or electronic gadgets or camera allowed inside. Will have to be submitted at the security check gate. E_ jammers are installed inside the museum.

A superb place to Kindle the thought of rocket science in kids and children. Well maintained models and explanation area also available as a display board. Videos are also played to explain things. Road map of Indias space programme well depicted there. A must visit for all science enthusiast. Easy to get the pass. Just login VSSC site and select space museum all details are available there.

The Indian space history you will find here. One of the best place one should visit while in Trivandrum. Everything related to Indias space exploration is available here. The guide will help you understand things in a better way. (You need request for guides aassistance). Greate for students. The theatre show also very interesting.

It is a temple of science for modern India.It is very heartening to note that the museum has been built where indias first rocket launching facility was created.It is also great to note that a church building was handed over to Dr. Vikram Sarabhai for making the facility a national pride.

It is really wonderful place for those who love space and innovation. There are several models of the satellite and rockets invented by ISRO. Thus, we can get a complete picture of our nations growth in space and research. Most importantly, there are staffs in site to explain each and every component of the satellites and rockets, those lessons are well informative and I have learned a lot about space and those staffs are really friendly they have clarified my simple doubts. Also, digital theater is the other main attraction in the museum where they play videos about ISRO since its beginning eara, it is really wonderful and I really proud of my nation and its growth in space and research among world powers. Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

Just too good for anyone who is patriotic or interested in Indias space mission.You need an online reservation to gain entry.Prototypes of ISROs rockets are amazing.Reserve an hour to two.

Great place for people who are hungry for knowledge related to space science. The museum is an old church donated to the government during the 1970s. Outside the museum, theres a PSLV 1:1 size ratio model which is amazing. Further, each section of the museum is well designed with models of different rockets and satellites launched by ISRO with accurate description. It also tells the story about how ISRO developed into such a big organization. Theres a theater where theres a 15 minute documentary shown every half an hour which explains all about ISRO and why Thiruvananthapuram was chosen by Sathish Dhawan. Finally, if you go there on Wednesday, you can see a rocket launch too. The place is very approachable from the city by bus as there are shuttles every 45 minutes. Youve to walk a little from the bus stop to the museum. You can get pass from spacemuseum.vssc.gov.in. Thanks to the Indian government for maintaining this place so well.