Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address in 2018, wherein he said that an Indian astronaut, be it a man or a woman, will go on a space odyssey by 2022 onboard ‘Gaganyaan’, the minister said the programme got slightly delayed due to COVID restrictions, but preparations are now in full swing to achieve the mission by 2023.
December 9, 2021Elaborating on the cabinet decision to encourage private participation in ISRO activities, Dr Jitendra Singh said, a regulatory body called “Indian National Space Promotion & Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)” is to be established.
June 29, 2020Last year Chandrayaan-II had crash landed on lunar surface.
March 5, 2020According to ISRO Chairman K Sivan, ISRO's aim is to have the first unmanned flight by the end of next year. ‘Gaganyaan’ is India’s manned space mission which the ISRO aims to launch by December 2021. The project aims at sending the astronauts to a lower orbit of the earth and the spacecraft will have a capsule with adequate supply of oxygen and other essential material and facilities for the ‘Gagan Yatris’.
February 21, 2020PM also spoke on the Bru-refugee agreement which was signed recently to resolve the Bru-Reang refugee crisis.
January 26, 2020Vyommitra, in her own words, can 'mimic' the activity of a crew of astronauts and even 'recognise them and respond to their queries'.
January 22, 2020The Indian Air Force had earlier shortlisted 12 potential astronauts for the Gaganyaan project, out of which, seven pilots were sent to Russia for training.
January 2, 2020ISRO chief K Sivan said that the Government has approved Chandrayaan-3 and that work related to Chandrayaan-3 and 'Gaganyaan' was going on simultaneously.
January 1, 2020ISRO's high priority future projects include followup missions to Mars, a new mission to Venus and a return to Moon with capability to return samples from extra-terrestrial sources
February 8, 2019Indian Air Force, DRDO and other agencies will play a major role during the selection of Gaganyaan astronauts, say ISRO scientists
January 18, 2019It is no ambitious pipe-dream, ISRO scientists have been working hard to develop the sophisticated and complex technologies required for Gaganyaan and the GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle that will propel the homebuilt capsule to its ethereal destination.
December 30, 2018If successful, India would be the fourth nation to achieve the feat after the US, Russia and China.
December 28, 2018France has offered India its expertise in space medicine, astronaut health monitoring, life support and radiation protection for India's proposed manned space mission.
September 7, 2018India has miles to go before planning a manned space flight. Only three nations, Russia, the USA and China have so far been able to achieve manned space missions. India does not even have the facilities to train astronauts.
September 5, 2018