The Gaganyaan project was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.
India is targeting to send astronauts to space by December 2021, ISRO chief said on Friday. Briefing media in Bengaluru, ISRO Chief K Sivan said that the preparations for Gaganyaan Mission are underway and it will be a major turning point for India's space agency, ISRO.
He also informed that India is targeting sending astraonauts to space by December 2021. "The target for two unmanned missions to space is December 2020 and July 2021", he added.
ISRO Chief further informed, "The inital training for Gaganyaan will be done in India and advanced training maybe in Russia. Women astronauts will be there on the team."
"We will set up six incubation and research centres across the country. We will bring the Indian students to ISRO. Why do the Indian students need to go to NASA?", Saivan said.
"The preparations for Gaganyaan Mission are underway. It has been a major turning point for ISRO", ISRO chief assured.
The union cabinet earlier approved the Gaganyaan project under which a three-member crew will be sent to space for seven days, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The project will cost Rs 10,000 crore, he had said.
The Gaganyaan project was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.
He had said the mission will be undertaken by 2022.India has already inked agreements with Russia and France for assistance in the ambitious project.
ISRO has completed the development of launch vehicle GSLV Mk-lll which has the necessary payload capability to launch a 3-member crew module in low earth orbit. ISRO has also tested the crew escape system which is an essential technology for human space flight. The aerodynamic characterization of crew module has b3een completed as part of GSLV Mk-lll X mission flight. Elements of life support system and Space suit also have been realized and tested.
In addition, the orbital and re-entry mission and recovery operations have been flight demonstrated in Space Capsule Re-entry experiment (SRE) mission.
ISRO has developed and demonstrated most of the baseline technologies essential for undertaking human spaceflight mission. Globally also, there is a renewed interest in undertaking manned exploration initiatives.
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