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Gaganyaan Episode 1: Why India’s Human Spaceflight Mission Matters | The Scope

August 31, 2026 admin

In the first episode of The Scope’s special series on Gaganyaan, we explore why India’s first human spaceflight mission is about much more than sending astronauts into orbit. Discover what Gaganyaan is, why human-rating a rocket is essential, how ISRO has prepared through years of testing, and why this mission could make India only the…

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Moon Base | India’s lunar future

August 15, 2026 admin

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there,” the English novelist L.P. Hartley wrote famously in his 1953 novel The Go-Between. In a peculiar twist, the same cannot be said of the Moon. It is not a foreign country, or even a foreign world: the U.S.’s manoeuvring to beat China to the…

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Moon Base | India’s lunar future

August 15, 2026 admin

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ISRO successfully carries out tests of Gaganyaan crew module systems

July 12, 2026 admin

The crew module uprighting system. Photo: isro.gov.in The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday (July 12, 2026) said it had successfully carried out three major tests of the Gaganyaan crew module systems. The first test pertained to ensuring an upright position for the crew module after splashdown in the sea, considered one of the…

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ISRO successfully carries out tests of Gaganyaan crew module systems

July 12, 2026 admin

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ISRO successfully carries out tests of Gaganyaan crew module systems

July 12, 2026 admin

The crew module uprighting system. | Photo Credit: ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday (July 12, 2026) said it had successfully carried out three major tests of the Gaganyaan crew module systems. The first test pertained to ensuring an upright position for the crew module after splashdown in the sea, considered one…

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How does the Gaganyaan’s life-support system operate?

May 21, 2026 admin

ISRO successfully conducted the Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for Gaganyaan, India’s first human spaceflight mission, on April 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) replicates the earth’s atmosphere in earth orbit by managing air, water, temperature, and waste. In short-term space missions, all supplies are carried…

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Artemis II spotlights engineering of human spaceflight and ISRO’s progress

April 11, 2026 admin

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. File | Photo Credit: via Reuters On April 10, the Orion crew capsule of the Artemis II mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of San Diego, at the end…

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ISRO lines up 7 launches, including uncrewed Gaganyaan mission by March 2026

December 14, 2025 admin

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters ISRO has lined up seven launch missions by March next year, including one to demonstrate home-built electric propulsion systems for satellite and quantum key distribution technologies, and the first uncrewed mission of the Gaganyaan project. The first of the seven launches is expected to take…

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India To Conduct 2 Crewed Space Flights Under Gaganyaan By 2028: Government

February 13, 2025 admin

New Delhi: India has broadened the scope of the Gaganyaan mission and plans to carry out two crewed space flights by 2028, Parliament was informed on Thursday. According to the enhanced scope, the Gaganyaan programme will have eight missions — two crewed and six uncrewed — Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office…

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