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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Indian Space Research Organisation has initiated a 10, 000 crore project-Gaganyaan to send humans to space by which year?
A
2025
B
2030
C
2024
D
2022
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Human Spaceflight Programme (IHSP) was initiated in 2007 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to develop the technology needed to launch crewed orbital spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The first uncrewed flight, named Gaganyaan 1, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2023 on an LVM 3 rocket.

Detailed explanation-2: -ISRO undertakes PSLV-C53/DS-EO mission on June 30, 2022. The launch is scheduled at 18:00 hours IST from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gaganyaan 1 will be the first uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan program, with launch planned for 2023.

Detailed explanation-4: -ISRO also plans to launch the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon in June next year. It is a successor to the Chandrayaan-2 mission that crash-landed on the lunar surface. Answering a question on the status of Aditya L1, a mission to study the Sun, Singh said, “Preparations are going on smoothly.

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