Isro Chairman S Somanath, in an exclusive interview to TOI’s Chethan Kumar on March 12, spoke about multiple Space projects India is currently implementing and gave a sneak peek into what may lie ahead. From when the selection of the second batch of astronauts could begin to what stage the proposal for Chandrayaan-4 is and from need to correct alignment of payloads on India’s Sun mission (Aditya-L1) to how many astronauts could go as part of the first Gaganyaan mission, he spoke at length on a variety of issues. He also addressed the issue of manpower and spoke about the New Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) which is critical for building India’s space station and eventually sending humans to Moon. Watch full interview more details.
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