ISRO will send man to orbit in 2022

If everything goes well ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) will send a man to orbit in 2022. The name of this mission will be "Gaganyaan". The confirmation came from The Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi himself during his Independence Day speech in Red Fort on 15th August. If it happens successfully, India will be the fourth country in the world after USA, Russia and China to achieve that. This will be a challenge but ISRO is confident.

The man in space is nothing new. Yuri Gagarin was the first man of  former USSR did this long ago (1961). USA followed that With Alan Shepard in the same year. The International Space Station (ISS) is already orbiting earth with crew inside. China successfully sent man in orbit in 2003. Now its time for India.

Why this mission is important for India ? The reason is, this will be an Indigenous mission. The spacecraft, the rocket the crew all will be Indian. Though Indians or people of Indian origins already ventured in space before (Rakesh Sharma, Late Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams) but those were all programmed by USA or Russia. This one will be totally Indian mission. If this mission succeeds, it will be a giant leap of confidence and capability for ISRO. That will help its future manned mission to the moon.

The difference between sending an unmanned mission and a manned mission is totally different. Manned mission is much more difficult, complex and fragile. So, lets our fingers crossed and wait for 2022.            

ISRO is going to launch a spcae science channel ISRO TV to reach more people. An effort to be praised

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is going to launch a new satellite for their new space and science channel ISRO TV to reach all corners of India. The goal of this launching is to inform common people about the benefit of space science. They also want to attract children towards this branch of science through this new channel.

This is a brilliant step towards the improvement of Indian space research. If they can inform and make the common people understand why space research is necessary for the bright future of India. It will gain the full support of population in their future space programs. Targeting kids in space research is also a nice step. It will secure and solidify India's future in space research. ISRO is already a renowned space agency in the world by their space programs on moon and mars. They hold the record of launching 104 satellites in space by one launch. So, this recent step will boost up the human resource supply for the future.

Space is the new frontier for mankind. In modern era not only government space agencies but private space agencies like SPACE X and Blue Horizon are also competing. So, the competition is already tight. To compete with other big players like USA, Russia, EU, China and Japan, India must concentrate on improving its space agency in a continuous way. Thankfully the wind is blowing on the right direction.