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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.
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.
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.
The Indian Human Spaceflight Programme (or Gaganyaan) is an ongoing programme by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to develop the technology needed to launch crewed orbital spacecraft into low Earth orbit. [4]
Oct 20, 2023 · 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...
Feb 27, 2024 · India has unveiled four Air Force pilots who have been shortlisted to travel on the country's maiden space flight scheduled for next year. The Gaganyaan mission aims to send three astronauts to...
The Gaganyaan mission, which is expected to take flight in 2025, will be India’s first human spaceflight project and it aims to demonstrate Isro’s human spaceflight capability by launching a crew...
The Gaganyaan Programme envisages laying the foundation for a sustained Indian human space exploration programme in the long run. The programme thereby fulfills the aspirations of an established space-faring nation.
Dec 28, 2023 · Looking at the Sun. Just days after the Moon landing, India launched Aditya-L1 - its first observation mission to the Sun. The rocket that took off on 2 September is on a four-month 1.5 million...
