Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2035, Chandrayaan-4 and human landing on Moon by 2040: ISRO Chief unveils India’s space roadmap

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman V Narayanan on Saturday unveiled a highly ambitious roadmap for the country’s future space programme, announcing several new missions, including Chandrayaan-4, Venus Orbiter Mission and a technologically sophisticated Moon landing by 2040.

While speaking at an event as part of the National Space Day celebrations in New Delhi, the ISRO chief also announced India’s own space station — Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) — by 2035.

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The ISRO chief emphasised that by the year 2035, India will establish the “Bhartiya Antariksh Station” whose first module will lift off in the year 2035.

“Based on his direction and vision, we are going to have a Chandrayaan-4 mission. We are going to have a Venus Orbiter Mission. We are going to have a space station called BAS (Bharatiya Antariksh Station) by 2035, and the first module will be lifted off by 2028,” he said.

Narayanan stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his approval for the Next Generation Launcher and “by 2040, India will land on the Moon and we are going to bring back safely.”

He further asserted that by the end of next decade, the Indian space programme will be at par with the space programmes of any other countries, including the US, Russia and China.

On the occasion of National Space Day, ISRO unveiled the model of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) in Delhi. The first module of the space station is scheduled to be launched by 2028.

Following the success of Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya L1 missions, PM Modi had asked Indian scientists to aim for new and ambitious goals, including setting up a ‘Bharatiya Antariksh Station’ (Indian Space Station) by 2035 and sending first Indian to the Moon by 2040.

The PM had also called upon the scientists to work towards interplanetary missions that would include a Venus Orbiter Mission and a Mars Lander.