India, Oct. 8 -- After clearing a three-round examination process conducted by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), 50 students from 41 Pune Zilla Parishad schools on Tuesday embarked on a three-day educational tour to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The students will experience India's advancements in space science up close, including a live rocket launch at the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

More than 13,000 students from zilla parishad schools had appeared for a three-stage examination conducted by IUCAA.

The selected students will tour key scientific centres in Kerala, including Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO Space Museum, Kerala Science and Technology Museum and ...