First uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan programme not possible in Dec: ISRO
The Hindu
The launch of the first uncrewed mission planned in December, as part of the human spaceflight programme 'Gaganyaan', will be delayed due to the COVID-19-induced disruption in delivery of hard
The launch of the first uncrewed mission planned in December, as part of the human spaceflight programme 'Gaganyaan', will be delayed due to the COVID-19-induced disruption in delivery of hardware elements for the ambitious venture, ISRO confirmed on Monday. "Definitely it will not be possible in December. It's delayed", Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), Mr. K Sivan, told P T I here. "It (uncrewed mission) will shift to next year".![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250212004700.jpg)
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