In this regard, the ISRO has initiated a full-fledged astronaut training facility in close proximity to Bengaluru for meeting its future requirements
In this regard, the Isro has initiated a full-fledged astronaut training facility in close proximity to Bengaluru for meeting its future requirements
The Rs 10,000-crore ambitious project is expected to be launched in 2022
The astronauts have passed the medical examination including fitness tests and they would undergo extensive training starting this month
Maruti said it sold 124,375 vehicles in the domestic market in December as compared to 121,479 vehicles sold in the same month last year
Joint constellation of ocean-surveying satellites is also under study
New Space India Ltd, the commercial arm of Isro, gets a mention in Budget Speech
India has already inked agreements with Russia and France for assistance in the ambitious project
If the Programme concludes successfully, India will be the fourth country after America, Russia and China to send human to space
The government has previously said at least one of the astronauts in the $1.4 billion mission, 'Gaganyaan' (Hindi for spacecraft), will be a woman
The mill has so far rolled 2200 tonne of maraging steel and supplied to Midhani for the above purpose
The work related to Chandrayaan-3 and Gaganyaan was going on simultaneously
The Indian Air Force on Friday said it has completed the first level of selecting astronauts for the ambitious Gaganyaan mission from its pool of test pilots. The test pilots underwent necessary extensive physical exercise tests, lab investigations, radiological tests, clinical tests and evaluation on various aspects of their psychology, it added. Air Force sources said 25 test pilots were part of the initial selection process. This will be a multi-layered selection process and only 2-3 test pilots will make it to the final list, the sources added. "#MissionGaganyaan -IAF completed Level-1 of Indian Astronaut selection at Institute of Aerospace Medicine. Selected Test Pilots underwent extensive physical exercise tests, lab investigations, radiological tests, clinical tests & evaluation on various facets of their psychology," the IAF tweeted. The first Gaganyaan flight scheduled for 2022 will carry three astronauts, who will be picked from among the test pilots in the armed ...
India will be the first country to explore the Lunar South Pole
Glavkosmos will help Isro's Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) select candidates for space flight
The total programme is expected to be completed before 2022 with the first unmanned flight within 30 months
India, the world's cheapest space explorer, is competing with the likes of the US, China, Russia and billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in exploring space