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After a meeting to assess the progress of Indias Gaganyaan Mission, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India should now aim for new and ambitious goals, including setting up Bharatiya Antariksha Station (Indian Space Station) by 2035 and sending first Indian to the Moon by 2040...
The Gaganyaan project envisages a demonstration of ISRO's human spaceflight capability by launching a human crew to an orbit of 400 km and bringing them safely back to earth by landing in Indian sea waters...
"The Department of Space presented a comprehensive overview of the Gaganyaan Mission, including various technologies developed so far such as human-rated launch vehicles and system qualification..
ISRO on Monday said it would commence unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission with the launch of a test vehicle between 7 am and 9 am on October 21 from Sriharikota spaceport to demonstrate the performance of the crew escape system...
In order to send the first manned mission to the satellite, the department is set to develop a roadmap which will encompass a series of Chandrayaan missions, the development of a Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV), construction of a new launch pad, setting up human-centric laboratories and associated technologies...
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