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PM Modi I-Day speech: India working towards having its own space station, says Modi

August 15, 2025 admin

The model of Gaganyaan crew module, spacecraft that will carry a crew of three astronauts into orbit and back to Earth. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu India is working towards becoming self-reliant in the space sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (August 15, 2025). “The nation is proud of our space sector,…

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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’s expected launch by end of 2025, says ISRO chief

February 3, 2024 admin

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath has said that ‘Gaganyaan’, the country’s first human space flight programme, is expected to be launched by the end of 2025. The nation will have a space station by the year 2035. The ISRO is already working on Chandrayaan-4 to retrieve samples from the moon, he said…

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ISRO Chief Explains What Went Wrong In Gaganyaan Test And How They Fixed It

October 21, 2023 admin

New Delhi: 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. “The lift off was put on hold initially after ground computer detected non conformance. We could identify it and correct it very quickly,”…

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Gaganyaan mission: ISRO completes key engine test

September 25, 2023 admin

ISRO has successfully completed the CE20 E13 engine hot test for the Gaganyaan qualification and 22-tonne thrust qualification. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully completed the CE20 E13 engine hot test for the Gaganyaan qualification and 22-tonne thrust qualification. The engine was tested at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri…

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