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:A #MeToo Story in Britain Prompts Debate Over Privacy LawsLondon’s King of Retail Fashion, Brought Low by #MeTooFrench ‘Spider-Man’ Is Fined and Barred From Climbing U.K. BuildingsTrilobites: Why Textbooks May Need to Update What They Say About Birth CanalsSalvini Seizes on 2nd Italian Teenager’s Death to Push Immigration IssueCanada Letter: On Foot and Underground at Canada’s Crossroads