In the wake of "Youth Sabha 2047: Shaping India's Future" event on International Youth Day on Monday, Rakesh Sharma India's first Astronaut said that humans have learned how to survive in space.
Earlier, Indian Air Force Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla was selected as the prime astronaut for the upcoming Indo-US mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced.
The duo will launch to space from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida in the first crewed test flight of Starliner. The flight, if it succeeds will become the second private firm being able to provide crew transport to and from the ISS. Boeing's competitor Elon Musk's SpaceX was
Himachal Pradesh Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Wednesday said that the 10-year tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a time of historic progress in India.
Exactly 40 years ago, on April 3, 1984, Mr Sharma scripted history by becoming the first Indian to reach outer space on board the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11.
"Greetings on National Science Day. Our government is continuously working to encourage research and innovation among the youth. This is important to realise our dream of a Viksit Bharat," PM Modi said in a post on X.
Lena took to Instagram to share that in order to maintain legally mandated anonymity, she was waiting for this announcement before revealing her marriage to him.
The four astronauts who will be part of India's first human space flight program, Gaganyaan, were trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia, the same center where Rakesh Sharma underwent training.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled on Tuesday the names and faces of the four astronauts who will be part of India's first human space flight program, Gaganyaan, slated to be launched in 2024-25.
PM Modi, upon arriving in the state's capital Thiruvananthpuram on Tuesday morning reviewed the progress on the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).
After the CE20 Cryogenic engine passed human rating, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath on Friday said that ISRO will do similar work for the crew module and other new items that are part of the Gaganyaan program.