U.R. Rao, Pioneer of India’s Space Program, Dies at 85 Mr. Rao helped India propel its first satellites into space, providing television signals and weather forecasting data to the most rural parts of the country. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:8 More Pro-Democracy Lawmakers in Hong Kong Face Expulsion‘A Moment of Great Peril’: Foreign Observers on Trump’s SuccessCrowds Line Up at India’s Banks to Exchange Banned Rupee NotesMemo From Iraq: In Once-Tolerant Mosul, a Social Unraveling That Feels PermanentRussian Officials Were in Contact With Trump Campaign, Diplomat SaysAlibaba, Amid Intense Hype, Confronts a Slowdown on Singles Day