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India’s Gaganyaan Mission Postponed to 2026 as ISRO Focuses on Safety, Testing, and Astronaut Training
India’s Gaganyaan mission, originally slated for 2025, is now expected to launch in 2026 as ISRO prioritises crew safety and thorough system testing. The revised schedule includes four uncrewed test flights, beginning with a December 2023 mission. These tests will validate technologies essential for safe manned space travel, including crew escape...
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India Targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 Sample Return Mission to Moon
India is planning its next lunar mission, Chandrayaan-4, with a targeted launch in 2028. The mission aims to collect approximately 3 kilograms of lunar samples from the moon's south pole, specifically from areas rich in water ice. Following Chandrayaan-4, ISRO will collaborate with Japan on Chandrayaan-5, furthering India's ambitions in space explo...
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Gaganyaan Scheduled for 2026, Chandrayaan-4 to Launch by 2028: ISRO
ISRO Chairman S Somanath has revealed exciting new timelines for India's space missions. The Gaganyaan mission, set to be India's first manned space flight, is now scheduled for a 2026 launch. Furthermore, the ambitious Chandrayaan-4 mission, aimed at returning lunar samples, is expected to lift off by 2028. With a focus on self-reliance and privat...
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China To Build Lunar Space Station, Explore Habitable Planets Under New Plan
China announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the next few decades.
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"Indian Astronauts In India-Made Rocket...": Top Space Official On Gaganyaan
The Gaganyaan manned space flight mission will launch "Indian astronauts into space from Indian soil on an India-made rocket", Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, the head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala, told NDTV in a special interview.
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Woman Robot Astronaut Vyommitra To Simulate Human Functions In Space
India's woman robot astronaut Vyommitra will fly into space ahead of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ambitious Gaganyaan mission, the country's first manned space flight carrying Indian astronauts.
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ISRO Prefers Women Fighter Test Pilots For Manned Missions: Chief S Somanath
ISRO prefers women fighter test pilots or female scientists for its much-awaited human space flight programme, the Gaganyaan mission, and it is possible to send them in the future, the space agency chief S Somanath said on Sunday.
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In Pics: ISRO's Key Test For Manned Space Mission 'Gaganyaan'
ISRO today successfully launched its unmanned test flight for its first human spaceflight mission - 'Gaganyaan' - in the second attempt after the lift-off was briefly put on hold.
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ISRO to Conduct Key Test for Gaganyaan Space Mission in October
India is set to conduct a key test in its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan as early as next month, the project director of the mission R Hutton told Reuters. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is currently training four astronauts and looking to expand the cohort as it aims for more future manned missions, Hutton said.
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Gujarat Man Claims He Designed Chandrayaan 3 Lander, Police Launch Probe
Surat police in Gujarat are probing a city resident's claims that he was a scientist working with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and designed the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, an official said on Friday.
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Solar Mission ‘Aditya’ Will Be Ready for Launch in September, Says ISRO Chief After Chandrayaan-3's Success
As the country rejoiced the successful placement of the ISRO lander — Vikram — on the moon's uncharted South Pole, the agency's chairman S Somanath on Thursday confirmed that its maiden solar mission 'Aditya' is in the works and will be ready for launch in September.
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ISRO Decided Not to Rush Its Gaganyaan Project to Space, Says Chairman S Somanath
Indian Space Research Organisation has decided not to rush its Gaganyaan project, the manned mission to space, as it wants to ensure that the country's first human space flight is a 'sure shot safe mission', said its chairman S Somanath here on Thursday. Gaganyaan was set to launch in 2022 but due to COVID-19 there was an inordinate delay, Somanath...
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India's Maiden Human Spaceflight Targeted For Late 2024 Launch: Government
India's maiden human space flight mission is targeted for launch in the fourth quarter of 2024, Union Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh told Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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China's Big News: Astronauts Leave Tuesday For 6 Months In Space
China will be sending a three-person crew to its space station, which is nearing completion, and also announced today plans for a manned mission to the Moon amid intensifying competition with the US.
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Landing Choices, Crew Escape System In Gaganyaan Module: Report
As the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going at full throttle for Gaganyaan, the country's maiden manned space mission scheduled for launch in 2023, interesting details of the Crew Module (CM), including the landing choices.
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India’s Gaganyaan Mission Postponed to 2026 as ISRO Focuses on Safety, Testing, and Astronaut Training
India’s Gaganyaan mission, originally slated for 2025, is now expected to launch in 2026 as ISRO prioritises crew safety and thorough system testing. The revised schedule includes four uncrewed test flights, beginning with a December 2023 mission. These tests will validate technologies essential for safe manned space travel, including crew escape...
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India Targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 Sample Return Mission to Moon
India is planning its next lunar mission, Chandrayaan-4, with a targeted launch in 2028. The mission aims to collect approximately 3 kilograms of lunar samples from the moon's south pole, specifically from areas rich in water ice. Following Chandrayaan-4, ISRO will collaborate with Japan on Chandrayaan-5, furthering India's ambitions in space explo...
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Gaganyaan Scheduled for 2026, Chandrayaan-4 to Launch by 2028: ISRO
ISRO Chairman S Somanath has revealed exciting new timelines for India's space missions. The Gaganyaan mission, set to be India's first manned space flight, is now scheduled for a 2026 launch. Furthermore, the ambitious Chandrayaan-4 mission, aimed at returning lunar samples, is expected to lift off by 2028. With a focus on self-reliance and privat...
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China To Build Lunar Space Station, Explore Habitable Planets Under New Plan
China announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the next few decades.
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"Indian Astronauts In India-Made Rocket...": Top Space Official On Gaganyaan
The Gaganyaan manned space flight mission will launch "Indian astronauts into space from Indian soil on an India-made rocket", Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, the head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala, told NDTV in a special interview.
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Woman Robot Astronaut Vyommitra To Simulate Human Functions In Space
India's woman robot astronaut Vyommitra will fly into space ahead of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ambitious Gaganyaan mission, the country's first manned space flight carrying Indian astronauts.
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ISRO Prefers Women Fighter Test Pilots For Manned Missions: Chief S Somanath
ISRO prefers women fighter test pilots or female scientists for its much-awaited human space flight programme, the Gaganyaan mission, and it is possible to send them in the future, the space agency chief S Somanath said on Sunday.
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In Pics: ISRO's Key Test For Manned Space Mission 'Gaganyaan'
ISRO today successfully launched its unmanned test flight for its first human spaceflight mission - 'Gaganyaan' - in the second attempt after the lift-off was briefly put on hold.
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ISRO to Conduct Key Test for Gaganyaan Space Mission in October
India is set to conduct a key test in its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan as early as next month, the project director of the mission R Hutton told Reuters. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is currently training four astronauts and looking to expand the cohort as it aims for more future manned missions, Hutton said.
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Gujarat Man Claims He Designed Chandrayaan 3 Lander, Police Launch Probe
Surat police in Gujarat are probing a city resident's claims that he was a scientist working with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and designed the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, an official said on Friday.
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Solar Mission ‘Aditya’ Will Be Ready for Launch in September, Says ISRO Chief After Chandrayaan-3's Success
As the country rejoiced the successful placement of the ISRO lander — Vikram — on the moon's uncharted South Pole, the agency's chairman S Somanath on Thursday confirmed that its maiden solar mission 'Aditya' is in the works and will be ready for launch in September.
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ISRO Decided Not to Rush Its Gaganyaan Project to Space, Says Chairman S Somanath
Indian Space Research Organisation has decided not to rush its Gaganyaan project, the manned mission to space, as it wants to ensure that the country's first human space flight is a 'sure shot safe mission', said its chairman S Somanath here on Thursday. Gaganyaan was set to launch in 2022 but due to COVID-19 there was an inordinate delay, Somanath...
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India's Maiden Human Spaceflight Targeted For Late 2024 Launch: Government
India's maiden human space flight mission is targeted for launch in the fourth quarter of 2024, Union Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh told Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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China's Big News: Astronauts Leave Tuesday For 6 Months In Space
China will be sending a three-person crew to its space station, which is nearing completion, and also announced today plans for a manned mission to the Moon amid intensifying competition with the US.
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Landing Choices, Crew Escape System In Gaganyaan Module: Report
As the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going at full throttle for Gaganyaan, the country's maiden manned space mission scheduled for launch in 2023, interesting details of the Crew Module (CM), including the landing choices.
