The Indian Space Research Organization plans to send a ship with a humanoid robot into orbit in December 2025, chairman of the organization Vanniyperumal Narayanan said, his words are reported by Odisha Bytes. The flight will take place in preparation for the Gaganian manned mission, scheduled for March 2027.
A robot named Viommitra with a female appearance will be sent on a flight to test all the key systems of the manned spacecraft, Narayanan noted. Viommitra will test life support systems and flight control system. According to the chairman of the organization, two more unmanned missions are planned to be launched in 2026. If they are successful, India’s first manned space mission will be launched in March 2027.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Gaganian project in 2018 and set a goal to carry out the first manned space flight in 2022. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic and other problems, the flight was constantly postponed.
The spacecraft of the mission was developed by the Indian Space Research Organization and is designed for a crew of three people. India could potentially become the fourth country after Russia, the United States and China to carry out an independent manned flight into space.
In May, the 101st launch of the Indian PSLV-XL rocket ended in failure. The launch vehicle failed to launch the EOS-09 Earth remote sensing satellite into orbit.
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