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Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Space Jitendra Singh has restated India's targets of an indigenous space station by 2035 and an Indian on the Moon by 2040.
The Bharatiya Antariksh Station is planned as a five-module facility in Low Earth Orbit; the government has approved development and launch of the first module, BAS-01.
Gaganyaan is the stepping stone: the first uncrewed experimental flight carrying the Vyommitra humanoid is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026, with the crewed mission in 2027.
The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 20,193 crore outlay in September 2024 covering eight Gaganyaan-programme missions including the first BAS module.
The Human Rated Launch Vehicle HLVM3 has completed development and ground testing of all propulsion stages and structures.
Demonstrate India's capability to send a human crew to Low Earth Orbit and return them safely
Key: Expanded by the Cabinet in September 2024 to eight missions with a Rs 20,193 crore outlay, and to include the first BAS module
Maintain a continuous Indian human presence in Low Earth Orbit for microgravity research and technology development
Key: Five modules, with BAS-01 approved; requires India to master orbital docking, which the SpaDeX mission demonstrated
Open space activity to private players and define the roles of ISRO, IN-SPACe and NSIL
Key: Positions ISRO to focus on research and human spaceflight while industry takes over routine launch and satellite operations
Designs, launches and will operate BAS; runs the Gaganyaan programme under the Department of Space
ISRO centre set up in 2019 to lead human spaceflight, including crew training, life support and mission operations
Single-window autonomous agency created in 2020 to authorise and promote private participation in space activity
Commercial arm of the Department of Space, incorporated in 2019 for technology transfer and launch services
Rakesh Sharma flies aboard Soyuz T-11, becoming the first Indian in space
Human Space Flight Centre established in Bengaluru to lead the Gaganyaan effort
Gaganyaan TV-D1 test flight validates the Crew Escape System in flight
Cabinet approves a Rs 20,193 crore expanded Gaganyaan programme including the first BAS module
Shubhanshu Shukla flies to the International Space Station on the Axiom-4 mission, the first Indian aboard the ISS
First uncrewed Gaganyaan experimental mission with the Vyommitra humanoid
Targeted first crewed Gaganyaan flight
Bharatiya Antariksh Station targeted to be operational
Targeted crewed Indian landing on the Moon
GS Paper III > Science and technology — achievements of Indians in space; indigenisation of technology
General Awareness > Science and technology, ISRO missions
In which year is the first module of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) scheduled for launch?
Answer: 2028
Orbits below roughly 2,000 km altitude; the Gaganyaan crewed mission targets about 400 km
A set of solid motors that pulls the crew module away from a failing launch vehicle, flight-tested in the TV-D1 mission
The process of qualifying a launch vehicle to carry people, requiring extra redundancy and much higher reliability margins