Gaganyaan Mission is the manned space mission of India.

Facts to Know

  • The crewed spaceflight plans to place humans to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in the initial missions.
  • Will help India in gaining practical knowledge and experience in launching future space exploration missions.
  • The first uncrewed mission with a robot called Vyom-Mitra will help in assessing the preparedness of ISRO in manned missions.

Manned Space Exploration Across the World

  • Project Apollo of the USA- Moon
  • Artemis Programme of the USA- Moon
  • Tiangong space station of China

 

Source: The Hindu