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Nigeria planned to train astronauts by 2015 and launch them into orbit by 2030. However, till date, none of these projects have commenced. When it was announced by former federal minister of innovation, science and technology Ogbonnaya Onu in 2016 that Nigeria was going to send an astronaut by 2030, it was met with criticism.
This is a list of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) missions. ISRO has carried out 125 spacecraft missions, 92 launch missions [1] and planned several missions including [2] the Gaganyaan (crewed/robotic) and Interplanetary mission such as Lunar Polar Exploration Mission, Chandrayaan-4, Shukrayaan and Mangalyaan-2 (Mars Lander Mission).
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to co-develop and launch a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar on an Earth observation satellite in 2025. The satellite will be the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequencies.
The Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) is a three-stage partially reusable Heavy-lift launch vehicle, currently under development by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). This vehicle is designed to replace currently operational systems like PSLV, GSLV and LVM3. The project was previously referred to as Unified Launch Vehicle (ULV ...
[citation needed] ISRO and the CNES joint working group on the Human Spaceflight Programme are collaborating on space medicine for Gaganyaan project. [35] On August 4, 2024, ISRO, NASA and SpaceX announced that an Indian astronaut, Shubhanshu Shukla would serve as pilot on board Axiom Mission 4 a private Crew Dragon mission to the ISS to become ...
SpaDeX or Space Docking Experiment is a twin satellite mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to mature and demonstrate technologies related to orbital rendezvous, docking, formation flying, which will have future applications in areas such as human spaceflight, in-space satellite servicing and other proximity operations.
On 20 August 2024, S. Somanath announced that ISRO had completed the design of both Chandrayaan-4 and LUPEX, [12] [13] and is now requesting approval from the government. [ 14 ] On 13 February 2025, Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh Rana stated in the Rajya Sabha that Chandrayaan-4 will be a foundational mission that will ...
ISRO was under US government sanctions between 6 May 1992 to 6 May 1994. [37] After the United States refused to help India with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology during the Kargil war , ISRO was prompted to develop its own satellite navigation system IRNSS (now NaVIC i.e. Navigation with Indian Constellation) which it is now expanding ...