India to send man into space by 2027, land on Moon by 2040

ISRO chairman V Narayanan on Wednesday said the space agency has set a target of landing Indians on the Moon by 2040, while its maiden human spaceflight mission ‘Gaganyaan’ is on track for launch in 2027.

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Narayanan said a slew of ambitious space projects and sector reforms were currently underway, including a national space station by 2035, and three uncrewed ‘Gaganyaan’ missions by 2026, with the first one that includes a half-humanoid robot ‘Vyommitra’, targeted for December 2025.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a guideline for an indigenous crewed lunar mission by 2040, under which we have to land our own citizens on the moon and bring them back safely. A Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) has also been approved to study the planet,” Narayanan said in an exclusive interview with PTI.

‘The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief said the Bharatiya Antriksh Station (BAS) is expected to come up by 2035, and initial modules in space are expected as early as 2027.