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Gaganyaan ([ɡəɡənəjɑːnə]; pronunciation ⓘ from Sanskrit: gagana, "celestial" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.
The primary mandate of HSFC is to spearhead ISRO's Gaganyaan programme through co-ordinated efforts and focus all the activities that are carried out in other ISRO centres, research labs in India, Indian academia and Industries towards accomplishing the mission.
Mar 16, 2024 · India earlier this month revealed the names of the four Air Force officers selected for the Gaganyaan Mission, the country’s maiden attempt at sending humans into Space. Scheduled for launch next year, it would have the first Indian astronauts in 40 years and the first ones to go on an Indian spacecraft.
Feb 27, 2024 · (PTI Photo) Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla are India’s astronauts-designate for Gaganyaan, India’s first crewed space mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday.
Named after the Sanskrit word for craft or vehicle to the sky, the Gaganyaan project has been developed at the cost of 90bn rupees ($1bn; £897m). It aims to send the astronauts to an orbit of...
The Gaganyaan Programme envisages undertaking the demonstration of human spaceflight to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in the short-term and will lay the foundation for a sustained Indian human space exploration programme in the long run.
Feb 28, 2024 · The Gaganyaan project aims to send a team of astronauts into space, orbiting 400 km above Earth for a three-day mission, and safely return them by landing in the Indian Ocean.
4 days ago · Gaganyaan, crewed spacecraft being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The first uncrewed test flight is planned for 2024, with a second uncrewed test flight and the first crewed flight planned for 2025.
Feb 27, 2024 · The Gaganyaan mission aims to send three astronauts to an orbit of 400km and bring them back after three days. India's space agency Isro has been carrying out a number of tests to prepare for the...
Feb 27, 2024 · 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 ...
