India’s Human Space Flight ‘Gaganyaan’ to be delayed

Bengaluru, 7/12: India’s first human space mission ‘Gaganyaan’ is likely to be delayed because of the Covid 19 Pandemic according to the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO).

Two unmanned missions were slated before the manned mission. The unmanned missions were slated for launch in December 2020 and July 2021, and the first manned mission was scheduled in December 2021.

“That will be delayed because of COVID,” ISRO Chairman, Kailasavadivoo Sivan, told PTI.

“We are targeting for sometime next year-end or the subsequent year,” he said on the expected timeline for the first of the two proposed uncrewed missions, the report added.