{"id":4093,"date":"2025-02-13T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/?p=4093"},"modified":"2025-05-13T18:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:01:51","slug":"india-expands-gaganyaan-mission-to-include-national-space-station-and-multiple-crewed-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/india-expands-gaganyaan-mission-to-include-national-space-station-and-multiple-crewed-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"India Expands Gaganyaan Mission to Include National Space Station and Multiple Crewed Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"131\">Highlights:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"241\">India expands Gaganyaan program to include a national space station and multiple space missions.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"347\">Budget increased to \u20b9201.93 billion ($2.32 billion) from the earlier $1.1 billion allocation.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"556\">Mission plan now includes:<br data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"383\" \/>Two crewed spaceflights<br data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"417\" \/>Six uncrewed test missions<br data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"454\" \/>Operational Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2035<br data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"512\" \/>Indian crewed Moon mission by 2040<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"635\">Delays due to COVID-19, supply chain issues, and design modifications.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"734\">Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to also fly with Axiom Space\u2019s Crew Dragon mission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"849\">India\u2019s Gaganyaan Mission Expands to National Space Station<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"1034\">India\u2019s ambitious Gaganyaan human spaceflight program has been expanded to include the development and operation of a national space station, aiming to solidify the country\u2019s position in the global space race.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1372\">Speaking in parliament on Thursday, Union Minister Jitendra Singh revealed that the mission budget has been revised to \u20b9201.93 billion ($2.32 billion) to accommodate the extended scope. This is a significant jump from the $1.1 billion originally allocated, which was meant for one crewed and two uncrewed missions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1372\">Now, the revised plan includes:<br data-start=\"1405\" data-end=\"1408\" \/>\ud83d\udccc Two crewed spaceflights<br data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1441\" \/>\ud83d\udccc Six uncrewed test missions<br data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1477\" \/>\ud83d\udccc A national space station by 2035<br data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1519\" \/>\ud83d\udccc An Indian crewed Moon mission by 2040<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1614\">Mission Objectives and Challenges<\/h2>\n<h3 data-start=\"1616\" data-end=\"1671\">Gaganyaan: India\u2019s First Crewed Space Mission<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"2005\">\ud83d\ude80 Gaganyaan (meaning &#8220;sky craft&#8221; in Hindi) aims to send a crewed capsule into a 400 km orbit before safely returning it to Earth with a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This would make India the fourth country\u2014after the US, Russia, and China\u2014to successfully send astronauts to space and bring them back.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2007\" data-end=\"2031\">Why the Delay?<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2032\" data-end=\"2438\">The mission, announced in 2019 with a target launch in 2022, has faced multiple delays due to:<br data-start=\"2134\" data-end=\"2137\" \/>\ud83d\udd38 COVID-19 disruptions and supply chain bottlenecks<br data-start=\"2193\" data-end=\"2196\" \/>\ud83d\udd38 Shortage of space-grade electronic components<br data-start=\"2248\" data-end=\"2251\" \/>\ud83d\udd38 Additional astronaut safety checks<br data-start=\"2292\" data-end=\"2295\" \/>\ud83d\udd38 Redesign to keep spacecraft weight within launch limits<br data-start=\"2357\" data-end=\"2360\" \/>\ud83d\udd38 Longer-than-expected development of an indigenous life support system<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2440\" data-end=\"2643\">India originally planned to source some spaceflight technology from abroad, but restrictions on critical life-support tech forced ISRO to develop it indigenously, further delaying progress.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2650\" data-end=\"2702\">Future Vision: Space Station &amp; Moon Mission<\/h2>\n<h3 data-start=\"2704\" data-end=\"2748\">Bharatiya Antariksh Station (2035)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2749\" data-end=\"3007\">\ud83d\udd39 India aims to build and operate its own space station by 2035, expanding its independent human spaceflight capabilities.<br data-start=\"2880\" data-end=\"2883\" \/>\ud83d\udd39 The station will serve as a research hub for microgravity experiments, space medicine, and deep-space missions.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3009\" data-end=\"3045\">Crewed Moon Mission (2040)<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3046\" data-end=\"3274\">\ud83d\udd39 ISRO is developing advanced crewed lunar mission technologies, targeting a human Moon landing by 2040.<br data-start=\"3159\" data-end=\"3162\" \/>\ud83d\udd39 This will require the development of heavy-lift launch vehicles and a next-generation lunar lander.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"3630\" data-end=\"3669\">India\u2019s Global Space Ambitions<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3671\" data-end=\"3989\">With Gaganyaan, the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, and a future Moon mission, India is positioning itself as a major player in the space sector. Despite delays, the commitment to building indigenous space technology and achieving self-reliance in human spaceflight marks a new era for ISRO.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3671\" data-end=\"3989\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s ambitious Gaganyaan human spaceflight program has been expanded to include the development and operation of a national space station, aiming to solidify the country\u2019s position in the global space race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[615],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[41],"class_list":{"0":"post-4093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stock-market-news"}," _eael_post_view_count":0,"authors":[{"term_id":41,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"niftynews","display_name":"NiftyTrader","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Logo-1.png","url2x":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Logo-1.png"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4093"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8637,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions\/8637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}