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ISRO chairman V Narayanan has confirmed that the Gaganyaan mission remains firmly on track for its first launch in the third quarter of 2027.He revealed that more than 8,000 ground tests have already been successfully conducted, underscoring the scale of preparation behind India’s maiden human spaceflight program.Narayanan was delivering the keynote lecture at the 17th annual Air Chief Marshal LM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced in Paris that India is preparing for its first human spaceflight under the Gaganyaan mission and is advancing plans to build its own indigenous space station by 2035.He also confirmed that India and France will jointly launch the TRISHNA satellite in 2027 to strengthen global food and water security.India’s development journey, according to the Prime
India is set for a dramatic expansion of its satellite fleet, with ISRO Chairman V Narayanan announcing that the country will need to launch more than 200 satellites within the next three years to meet national and commercial demands.This ambitious target underscores India’s reliance on private industry, start-ups, and academia to scale up capabilities, while also advancing towards its long-term
President Droupadi Murmu conferred 51 gallantry awards during the Defence
Investiture Ceremony 2026 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, honouring acts of
extraordinary bravery across India’s Armed Forces, Central Armed Police
Forces, and State Police.
Among the recipients was Air Commodore Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, a Gaganyaan
astronaut-designate, who received the Kirti Chakra for
India’s defence capabilities are undergoing a profound transformation, propelled by a suite of advanced technologies developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), analysed India TV News.These innovations span next-generation missile propulsion systems, precision-guided weapons, military logistics platforms, and critical technologies supporting the Gaganyaan human
ISRO’s Gaganyaan G-1 mission has officially been cleared for launch within the next three to four months, marking a decisive step forward after earlier delays.The National Review Committee granted approval in May 2026, with campaign activities set to begin 90 days before lift-off due to the complexity of human-rated systems.The G-1 mission represents the first of three unmanned flights planned
India’s human spaceflight ambitions are set to take a significant leap forward with Aaka Space announcing plans to establish the country’s first underwater human spaceflight analogue mission and hyperbaric habitat program, reported Sibu Tripathi of India Today.This initiative is designed to replicate the operational and psychological conditions astronauts encounter during extended missions
ISRO is partnering with Protoplanet to expand the Hope Habitat in Ladakh’s Tso Kar valley, transforming it into a cutting-edge analogue station for astronaut training under the Gaganyaan program.The upgrades will enhance communications, power systems, and behavioural monitoring, making Ladakh a recurring site for India’s human spaceflight preparation.India’s ambitions for human spaceflight are
The Indian Space Research Organisation has announced an ambitious schedule of 27 space missions for the financial year 2026–27, with four dedicated to the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.This marks a significant expansion compared to the previous year, when setbacks such as the failure of PSLV-C62 during its third stage and another mission in May 2025 had slowed progress. Doubling the mission
ISRO has taken a significant step forward in its preparations for the Gaganyaan mission by operationalising and validating parts of the communication and ground support network, including systems linked to Amazon Web Services (AWS).The space agency confirmed that the AWS network was successfully tested and validated through its support to the SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment) mission.Alongside