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Gaganyaan Mission Likely To Be Launched By 2026-End: ISRO Chairman

December 2, 2024 admin

The Gaganyaan project seeks to demonstrate India’s human spaceflight capability. Guwahati: The Gaganyaan Mission, the country’s maiden crewed spaceflight program, is expected to be launched by the end of 2026, with the rocket’s first uncrewed test flight likely to be held early next year, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Chairman S Somanath said on Monday….

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Gaganyaan astronaut to travel to ISS in joint mission with NASA, says Centre

July 27, 2024 admin

One of the four astronauts undergoing training for the Gaganyaan mission will travel to the International Space Station as part of a collaborative effort with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Union Minister Jitendra Singh has informed the Lok Sabha. In a written reply, Mr. Singh said NASA has identified a private entity Axiom Space…

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Gaganyaan Astronaut To Travel To Space Station In Joint Nasa Mission: Jitendra Singh

July 27, 2024 admin

Gaganyaan mission will be India’s first human space flight. (Representational) New Delhi: One of the four astronauts undergoing training for the Gaganyaan mission will travel to the International Space Station as part of a collaborative effort with NASA, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has informed the Lok Sabha. In a written reply, Jitendra Singh said NASA…

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‘Not considering women pilots for first Gaganyaan flight huge missed opportunity’

July 2, 2024 admin

Susmita Mohanty wears many hats: spaceship designer, serial entrepreneur, and space diplomat. She is co-founder and director-general of Spaceport SARABHAI (S2), India’s first space-focused think-tank, which she founded in 2021. Ms. Mohanty has spent more than 25 years in the international space sector working with the Americans, Europeans, Japanese, Russians, and Indians in various capacities,…

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Top Space Official On Gaganyaan

March 6, 2024 admin

Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram. Thiruvananthapuram: 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’s Thiruvananthapuram, told NDTV in a special interview…

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Gaganyaan astronauts | IAF fighter pilots with distinguished service

February 27, 2024 admin

February 27, 2024 07:46 pm | Updated February 28, 2024 12:34 am IST – THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (From left) Astronauts-designate Shubanshu Shukla, Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan and Angad Angad Pratap. | Photo Credit: PTI All four Gaganyaan astronaut-designates, whose names were announced here on Tuesday, were commissioned into the fighter stream of IAF and are test…

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ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission: PM Modi announces Indian astronaut designates

February 27, 2024 admin

February 27, 2024 12:41 pm | Updated February 28, 2024 12:13 am IST – THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Gaganyaan astronaut-designates Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Subhanshu Shukla received ‘astronaut wings’ from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Video grab India on Tuesday announced…

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More Women As Astronauts Part Of My Wishlist: ISRO Chairman

October 24, 2023 admin

ISRO chairman: S Somanath expressed optimism of greater female involvement in future Gaganyaan missions. Thiruvananthapuram: Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath on Tuesday expressed his wish for increased female representation in the nation’s space missions. He said this desire echoes the sentiments of the nation, including that of the Prime Minister. During an event…

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