After leaving a mark on the Moon with the Chandrayaan-3 mission, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is now gearing up to set up its first space station. The Indian Space Agency is already working on its Mars and Venus missions and chief S Somnath has revealed ISRO’s big plans for the space station.
In an interview with CGTN, the ISRO chairman said the Indian space agency is exploring various possibilities for future missions, including a space station and long-duration manned spacecraft launches. “We are looking at all possibilities after the success of the Moon mission,” Somanath said. “We are looking at what kind of science you can do. We are looking at how the space station can be beneficial to the Indian space economy,” he added.
After the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s south pole on August 23, 2023, ISRO placed its first solar mission, Aditya L-1, in a halo orbit around Lagrangian point 1 (or L1), which is 1.5 million km from Earth to the Sun.
The Indian space agency is also working on its Gaganyaan mission, which aims to build a manned space capsule that will carry the three-member crew to a 400-km (250-mile) orbit for three days, before returning safely in the planned splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
