ISRO to send human to space |
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is on track to sending a human to space in its ‘Gaganyaan Mission’. The total programme cost is expected to be less than Rs 10,000 crores. Two unmanned Gaganyaan missions will be undertaken prior to sending humans to space, ISRO chief K Sivan said. Sivan said the GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle, which has the necessary payload capability for the mission, will be used. “The total programme is expected to be completed by 2022 with the first unmanned flight within 30 months, he said adding: The mission will aim to send a three-person crew to space for a period of seven days where they will do microgravity experiments. ISRO officials said that the spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 km. The programme will make India the fourth nation in the world to launch a human spaceflight mission after USA, Russia, and China, said Minister of State Jitendra Singh who is in-charge of the Department of Space. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech announced the ‘Gaganyaan Mission’ of India’s maiden human spaceflight programme. He said, a son or a daughter of India will go to space from Indian soil by an Indian vehicle by 2022 or sooner in time to mark India’s 75th year of Independence.
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