On September 7, the day the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was set to land Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander on the moon, faculty members of South Indian Education Society (SIES) High School, Matunga, were glued to the TV. And when the school reopened on September 9, the recording was available for students to watch on the school’s server. Taking this passion for the subject further, the school has now collaborated with ISRO to host a three-day exhibition at their premises starting today.

A five-member panel of scientists — Jayant Joshi, Satish Rao, Jitendra Kharde, Shrikant Patil and Akshay Khamkar — will guide students and visitors to the open-to-all exhibition, through the processes involved in the making of Chandrayaan-2, informs principal Kalyani Arumugam, saying, "The aim is to provide factual scientific information to everyone. Educational institutions need to sensitise the population. Besides, there is also the need to arm the future generation with information that will help them learn stuff that isn’t there in textbooks, such as what a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle is."