Space Station By 2035, Moon Landing By 2040, Chandrayaan And Gaganyaan Missions To Continue: ISRO Chief S Somanath

According to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Director S Somanath, Prime Minister Narendra Modi authorized the continuation of the Chandrayaan and Gaganyaan missions on Tuesday and set the year 2040 as the deadline for India to put humans on the moon.

Modi also specified 2035 as the deadline by which India will build its own space station, according to Somanath.

In order to review the Gaganyaan mission, India’s first human spaceflight mission, and the future of Indian space exploration, Modi presided over a high-level conference on Tuesday. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is responsible for the Department of Space (DoS).

India has launched three missions as part of its Chandrayaan moon program. Ice water was discovered on the moon during the first voyage. Due to the lander’s disastrous landing, the second mission was only partially successful. But the third mission wrote the book on history by becoming the first spacecraft to set foot on the Moon’s south pole. India was now the fourth nation overall to set foot on the moon as a result.

Somanath said after the meeting that Modi had shown support for the ambitious Indian space program.

“PM Modi informed us about the future plans. He said that we must send a man to the moon by the year 2040. The first human space trip must take place. He mentioned the Indian Space Station as well. The Chandrayaan Mission and the Gaganyaan Mission must be continued. We must thus create a new rocket. On each of them, a presentation was given. That he has approved of all of them is a source of satisfaction, Somanath said ANI.

Additionally, the Gaganyaan mission, which will be India’s first human spaceflight mission, will launch in 2025, according to a statement from the PMO.

The Gaganyaan Mission was described in detail by the Department of Space, and numerous technologies that have been created so far, including human-rated launch vehicles and system validation, were included.The mission will launch in 2025, according to the PMO statement, which appraised the project’s preparedness.

The PMO said that ISRO will now focus on a lunar exploration roadmap that would include ideas for lunar colonies, new launch platforms, and new launch locations.

“The Department of Space will create a plan for exploring the Moon. The PMO added that Modi also encouraged the scientists to work on a Venus orbiter and a Mars lander. “This will include a series of Chandrayaan missions, the development of a Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV), construction of a new launch pad, setting up human-centric Laboratories, and associated technologies,” it said.

With the recent launch of Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, the country is moving away from an Earth-centric space program and toward one that focuses on the scientific and research aspects of space as well as planetary exploration.