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PM Modi Announces India’s Own Space Station by 2035

"By 2035, India will have its own space station in orbit, which will allow us to enter unknown regions of space."

PM Modi Announces India’s Own Space Station by 2035

India hopes to build its own space station by 2035, boosting the country’s ability to explore the mysteries of space, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. While speaking at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Prime Minister Modi also said that Indian astronauts will use indigenous rockets for the moon landing.

“By 2035, India will have its own space station in orbit, which will allow us to enter unknown regions of space.”

He also praised India’s progress in the field of the 21st century, which shows that India is an international organization that has achieved success in many areas.

“In the 21st century, India has impressed the world with its capabilities. We have launched nearly 400 satellites in the last decade alone compared to 33 satellites launched in the last decade. This is a big step forward,” said Prime Minister Modi.

Prime Minister Modi expressed his happiness by saying that most of the equipment used for the Gaganyaan project, India’s first service center, is domestic.

“I am happy to see that Gaganyaan aims to use En. “The equipment is exclusively manufactured in India, and as India strives to become one of the world’s three largest economies, our Gaganya brand is still ready to take our aviation industry to new heights,” he added.

Prime Minister Modi said India’s first aviation industry is scheduled to launch in 2024-25. The airline service announced the names of the four scientists selected for “Gaganyaan”. The selected Indian Air Force soldiers include Captain Prashanth Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Captain Angad Pratap and Lt Col Shubonshu Shukla. The astronauts were trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.

“I am very happy to introduce the people of the country today. I congratulate them who represent the whole country. You are now the pride of India. No, only four people, but four forces carrying 1.4 billion people to the ground.desire. Forty years from now, an Indian will attempt to go into space. But this time it’s our time, our countdown and our rocket. PM Modi said.

Prime Minister Modi also said that India’s achievements in aviation and space support the scientific leadership of the country’s youth. He was speaking during a visit to Kerala where he reviewed the progress of the Gaganyan mission and presented an award to the astronaut founder of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. “Astronaut Wings”.

Gaganyaan mission represents India’s first spaceflight ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission plan aims to demonstrate space capabilities by sending three crew members on a three-day mission into 400 km orbit and highlight key missions such as landing and construction in India It involves returning to earth safely. transportation vehicles, life support personnel, emergency evacuation personnel, and training procedures. To demonstrate real-world operational readiness in the field, several pre-flight missions were planned, including Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT), Pad Intercept Test (PAT), and Test Vehicle (TV) flights.

LVM3 Rocket ISRO’s heavy-lift vehicle has been designated as the launch vehicle for the Gaganyaan mission. ISRO prioritizes human safety and develops new technologies in engineering and human-centric systems to ensure mission safety.

Successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 at the Moon’s south pole is the finest achievement of India’s space capabilities The launch and deployment of India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 in 2023 will see the country further strengthens its place in space. economy. These achievements have also strengthened India’s private aviation sector.

Looking ahead, India has set a target of building the “Bharatiya Antariksha Space Station” by 2035 and sending the first Indian to the moon by 2040.

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