India is gearing up for its next giant leap in space exploration! ISRO Chief V. Narayanan has confirmed that the country’s maiden Gaganyaan test mission will take flight this December. The mission aims to make India as a major-space enebaled country. In a historic moment, the announcement came alongside Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is set to become the first Indian to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Axiom Mission 4. This mission marks a defining step in India’s dream of sending humans into space.
It also announced plans for a Bharatiya Antriksh Station (BAS) by 2035, a Moon sample return mission by 2040, and a series of pathbreaking missions over the next two decades. The BAS will also have provision for refilling of propulsion and ECLSS fluids, radiation, thermal and Micro Meteoroid Orbital Debris (MMOD) protection, space suits, airlocks to support extra vehicular activity and plug and play integrated avionics.
ISRO chairman V Narayanan, speaking on National Space Day, said: “Based on the Prime Minister’s vision, we are going to have Chandrayaan-4 and a Venus Orbiter Mission. By 2028, we will launch the first module of BAS, which will be fully operational by 2035.” ISRO shared the video of the event on X.
ndia plans to launch the first module of the BAS, its own home-built space station, by 2028, marking its entry into the group of a handful of nations that operate orbital laboratories.
Presently, there are two orbital laboratories — the International Space Station operated by five space agencies, and the Tiangong space station of China.
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