On Friday, ISRO chief K Sivan said that the space agency had set a target of sending Indian astronauts, including women, to space by December 2021, as part of the Gaganyaan mission. Earlier, the target had been 2022. Sivan's comments came during a press conference in Bengaluru on ISRO's missions.
On August 15, PM Modi announced, to the world's surprise and, ironically, to ISRO's surprise, that India would send humans to space by 2022. The announcement sent the space agency scuttling to make requisite arrangements. However, the crucial question of why ISRO wasn't consulted still looms large.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan today announced that India's third lunar mission, Chandrayan-3, is on and the government has approved it.