Samudrayaan Project

India is building its first manned submersible to study the deep sea and conduct a biodiversity assessment, an announcement that comes days after the country successfully landed a spacecraft near the moon's south pole.

India is building a submersible to take a three-member crew on a manned ocean exploration mission - India's first. The spherical vessel is being built by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai.

A video in the post shows the minister sitting inside the vessel, which is still under construction.

India will send three explorers to a depth of 500 meters under the sea in an indigenously built vessel, Samudrayaan, this year, an official said.

India's ambitious project to send a team to the deep sea in a submersible vehicle is likely to becom a reality in 2021-22 with the ''Samudrayaan'' project, a senior official said.

India is building its first manned submersible to study the deep sea and conduct a biodiversity assessment, an announcement that comes days after the country successfully landed a spacecraft near the moon's south pole.

India is building a submersible to take a three-member crew on a manned ocean exploration mission - India's first. The spherical vessel is being built by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai.

A video in the post shows the minister sitting inside the vessel, which is still under construction.

India will send three explorers to a depth of 500 meters under the sea in an indigenously built vessel, Samudrayaan, this year, an official said.

India's ambitious project to send a team to the deep sea in a submersible vehicle is likely to becom a reality in 2021-22 with the ''Samudrayaan'' project, a senior official said.