If India’s space programme must compliment Bharat’s great power aspirations as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes, he will need to provide it generous outlays to wean it off the endearing 'jugaad-fied' ingenuity that has brought it this far
India on Tuesday introduced four crew members for its maiden 'Gaganyaan' space voyage, as it aims to become the world's fourth country to send a crewed mission into space just months after a historic landing on the south pole of the moon. Gaganyaan, or "sky craft" in Hindi, is the first mission of its kind for India and will cost about 90.23 billion rupees ($1.1 billion). It involves the launch of a habitable space capsule over the next year to an orbit of 400 km (250 miles) and its return via a landing in the Indian Ocean.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday toasted the four astronauts preparing for the nation's first crewed orbital mission, saying the latest advance in spacefaring would inspire the next generation.The Gaganyaan or "Skycraft" mission is slated to launch the astronauts into Earth's orbit in 2025, an important measure of the Indian Space Research Organisation's technical capabilities.
Actress Lena reveals marriage to Air Force Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, a member of Indias Gaganyaan astronaut team announced by PM Narendra Modi. Gaganyaan mission, led by Prasanth, scheduled for 2025, will venture 400 km from Earth. Prasanth, hailing from Nenmara, Palakkad, is a Wing Commandant with extensive training for the mission.
On Tuesday, India introduced four crew members for its maiden Gaganyaan space voyage, as it aims to become the world's fourth country to send a crewed mission into space just months after a historic landing on the south pole of the moon.