Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India would have its space station by 2035 following the announcement of the Gaganyaan mission astronauts’ names in Thiruvananthapuram on February 27.
Speaking to scientists from ISRO at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in this location, Mr. Modi declared that India would return to the Moon and retrieve samples from its surface.
Venus is also on ISRO’s radar, the prime minister claimed.
Referring to plans for a crewed lunar trip by 2040, he continued, “Amrit Kaal” will see an Indian astronaut arrive on the moon using an Indian spacecraft.
India’s space station
An artificial building that is sent into orbit and stays there is called a space station. China is the sole country having one of these facilities, but when Russia withdrew from the International Space Station, a joint venture involving over a dozen nations, it announced its intention to construct one of its own.
Following the triumph of the Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission, India has set a new, ambitious target for itself, i.e., of building a space station by 2035.
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Tuesday saw the announcement of the ambitious mission for the Indian Space Research Organization by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During a briefing on the Gaganyaan mission given by ISRO chairman S Somanath, Modi issued his instructions.
However, weeks after India achieved historic feats by safely landing a spacecraft on the Moon and sending another to investigate the Sun—the two large celestial entities that shape Earth’s destiny—a new direction, has been issued.
India is still expanding rapidly beyond the limits of the earth, but there are significant obstacles in the way of achieving this 2035 goal. ISRO is assisting aerospace startups in the colossal undertaking of building a space station, a colossal undertaking that requires cutting-edge technology and expertise.
What India needs to do for a space station?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced two new goals for India’s space ambitions: setting up an Indian space station by 2035 and sending the first Indian to the Moon by 2040. The move is expected to boost investments and enhance the private sector’s role in India’s space ecosystem. Modi’s directives were given during a meeting to review the preparedness of the Gaganyaan mission and the first demonstration flight of the crew escape system test vehicle.
Sky Root Aerospace, a startup that developed India’s first privately developed rocket, Vikram-S, aims to improve India’s cost efficiency by launching a space station. The Indian Space Station will serve as a stepping stone towards human missions, as India is currently lagging in cost efficiency. The plan comes as NASA plans to decommission the International Space Station (ISS) in 2031.
The Prime Minister has outlined India’s future space exploration endeavors and urged scientists to work towards interplanetary missions, including a Venus Orbiter Mission and a Mars Lander. Awais Ahmed, founder, and CEO of Pixel, believes that India’s commitment to setting up a space station by 2035 and sending an Indian astronaut to the Moon by 2040 will catalyze significant technological advancements in space exploration, create extensive research opportunities, generate employment, and stimulate public interest.
India to send Astronaut to the moon by 2040
India’s space program further received a significant boost on Tuesday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the nation wants to send a person to the moon by 2040.
These audacious objectives are being set at a time when India is already rejoicing in the Chandrayaan-2 mission’s success in 2019, having successfully placed a rover on the moon’s south pole.
Furthermore, it should be mentioned that, according to a report, India is a part of the Artemis program, a worldwide endeavor to send people back to the moon and establish a long-term presence there. Additionally, the prime minister gave the go-ahead for India to pursue new and audacious objectives, such as building the Indian Space Station (or “Bharatiya Antariksha Station”) by 2035 and sending the country’s first astronaut to the moon by 2040, according to a statement from the administration.
“The Department of Space will develop a roadmap for moon exploration to realize this vision,” it continued. Additionally, Modi has urged scientists to concentrate on Venus and Mars expeditions.
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