Gaganyaan mission launch date expected 1 march 2025 mission objectives and more

Gaganyaan Mission Launch date: India’s much awaited Gaganyaan mission may be launched next year. A media report said that the unmanned mission could be flown in March next year. If successful, it will be a big achievement for India and ISRO, which will also pave the way for a manned mission in the year 2026. The ultimate objective of the Gaganyaan mission is to send Indian astronauts to space on their own.

The names of four astronauts have been confirmed for the mission. All of them are on training. Astronauts will be taken to the International Space Station 400 kilometers above the Earth. After staying for three days, the astronauts will land in the Indian maritime area.

CNN-News18 reports that he has documents related to the mission. It has been said that ISRO is planning a scientific experiment between March 1, 2025 and August 31, 2025. As per the plan so far, the mission can be launched on March 1. To make the mission successful, the team of ISRO scientists will board the ship and go to the locations from where the mission will be monitored.

According to the report, to assist the mission, the team of scientists will be deployed at two places – in the Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, where scientists will be present with all the scientific instruments. According to the report, ISRO will connect to the center located in Bangalore through its ships. A similar setup was also made during Chandrayaan-3 mission.

These Indian astronauts will go to space

Group Captain Prashant Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Pratap, Ajit Krishnan and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla have been selected for the Gaganyaan mission. Earlier this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) in Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. During this time he had met all four.