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“Indo-US Mission Won’t Delay Gaganyaan, Will Boost Capabilities”: ISRO Chief

August 6, 2024 admin

India has picked four candidates for the Gaganyaan mission. Far from delaying the Gagnyaan mission, the Indo-US Axiom-4 mission will actually help ISRO carry out the landmark flight and augment its capabilities, the space agency’s Chairman, Dr S Somanath, has told NDTV. In an exclusive conversation on Tuesday, the ISRO chief also spoke about how…

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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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Fashion Technologists Explain Indian Astronauts’ Uniform Design

March 9, 2024 admin

The astronaut patch includes the wings, Ashok Chakra and the ISRO logo. The Indian space agency had roped in the country’s top fashion institute to design the ground uniforms for the four astronauts chosen for its maiden space flight mission, Gaganyaan. The names of the four astronauts were revealed last month and extensive preparations are…

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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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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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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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Realisation about fragility of earth common among astronauts upon return: Rakesh Sharma

November 1, 2023 admin

Former wing commander and astronaut Rakesh Sharma during the inauguration of a museum, in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: PTI Every astronaut comes back with the realisation about the fragility of earth, the “heaven” that people should stop “ruining” by exhausting its resources, Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to venture into space, said. Mr. Sharma also…

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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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ISRO To Carry Out First Test Today

October 21, 2023 admin

Gaganyaan Mission LIVE: The stakes are much higher this time because human lives will be involved. Attempting to prepare for every possibility, which is now a part of its ethos, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will carry out an abort test for the human space mission, Gaganyaan, today. A similar fail-safe approach had been…

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To Prepare For Gaganyaan Success, ISRO Will Test A Failure Tomorrow

October 20, 2023 admin

The test is scheduled to take place at 8 am on Saturday. New Delhi: It’s going to be a flight of failure, which will set up ISRO for success. Attempting to prepare for every possibility, which is now a part of its ethos, the Indian Space Research Organisation will carry out an abort test for…

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