Department of Space
Announcement of Manned Mission
- While addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 72nd Independence Day, the Prime Minster, Shri Narendra Modi announced that India has resolved to send manned spacecraft to the space by 2022 and India will be the fourth country to do this.
- So far, only the USA, Russia and China have launched human spaceflight missions.
- ISRO has developed some critical technologies like re-entry mission capability, crew escape system, crew module configuration, thermal protection system, deceleration and floatation system, sub-systems of life support system etc. required for this programme.
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- ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its ....
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