India a step closer to realising first human space flight programme: PM Modi

Saturday, 21 October 2023
Overcoming initial hiccups, including a monitoring anomaly, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Saturday successfully launched a test vehicle with payloads related to the country's ambitious human space flight programme, Gaganyaan. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "This launch takes us one step closer to realising India's first human space flight program, Gaganyaan. My best wishes to our scientists at Isro."

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday successfully launched the TV-D1 test vehicle in its 2nd attempt at 10 am from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota at 10 am today. The Crew Module of the first developmental flight test of the ISRO's Gaganyaan programme has successfully splashed down...

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