Overview

• The Bharatiya Antariksh Station, India's first modular space station, is slated for deployment by 2035, marking a major milestone in the country's space ambitions.
• Gaganyaan, India’s inaugural human spaceflight mission, is scheduled for March 2027, with four test pilots currently in advanced training.
• ISRO plans a series of uncrewed flights to test systems ahead of the Gaganyaan mission, aiming to establish India as a global space power by 2047.
• Future lunar exploration includes Chandrayaan-4, designed to return lunar samples, and Chandrayaan-5, a collaborative mission with Japan.
• India continues to demonstrate technological self-reliance, with achievements such as indigenous cryogenic engines, Chandrayaan-3's south-pole landing, and a high-speed satellite docking experiment in January 2025.