Will send Indian to space by 2022: says PM Narendra Modi
Will send Indian to space by 2022: says PM Narendra Modi “I am happy to announce that by 2022, the 75th Independence year, we are planning a manned space mission,” Modi said in his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort. “We will put an Indian in space by 2022 or earlier,” he said. Modi congratulated Indian scientists for excelling in their research and are at the forefront of innovation. “Our scientists have made us proud. They launched over 100 satellites... They successfully completed the Mars mission.” ISRO successfully launched 104 satellites on 15 February 2017, of which three were Indian while the rest were foreign commercial satellites. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, India’s first interplanetary mission was launched on November 5, 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It has been orbiting Mars since September 24, 2014. -PTC News
