Gaganyaan

December 11, 2024 10:38 AM

Gaganyaan: First uncrewed spaceflight mission likely this month

Over the next three weeks, India is targeting to send its first uncrewed or experimental mission as part of Gaganyaan - which envisages a demonstration of ISRO’s human spaceflight capability - while a crewed spaceflight mission is targeted for October-December of 2026, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Sharing details of the Stipulated Timeline for the Gaganyaan Mission in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said, “The first uncrewed (experimenta...

November 1, 2024 3:43 PM

ISRO launches India’s first analog space mission in Leh, Ladakh

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched India's inaugural analog space mission in Leh, Ladakh, marking a pioneering step in the nation’s space exploration efforts. The mission, spearheaded by ISRO’s Human Spaceflight Centre, brings together partners from AAKA Space Studio, the University of Ladakh, IIT Bombay, and is supported by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. This mission aims to simulate interplanetary habitat conditions, helping scientists explore the ...

September 20, 2024 4:18 PM

Gaganyaan to be launched by end of this year, says ISRO chief

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath said on Friday that India's first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, is on track for launch by the end of this year. "Gaganyaan is ready for launch. We are making efforts to launch it by the end of this year," Somanath said during a visit to the Space Expo in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This announcement follows Wednesday's Union Cabinet approval to expand the Gaganyaan program, greenlighting the construction of the first unit of the B...