21.01.2024

FARIDABAD: ISRO plans to carry out the first tests of the proposed Bharatiya Space Station next year and talks are on with the industry to manufacture, test and launch its first module by 2028, the space agency's chief S Somanath said on Thursday.

Interacting with reporters on the sidelines of the India International Science Festival, he said India's first mission to Venus is also likely to be launched in 2028 and engineers are working on bringing down costs on certain high-value components.

Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set ISRO a target to launch the Bharatiya Space Station by 2035 and land an Indian astronaut on the moon by 2040.

Quelle: PTI

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