{"id":492077,"date":"2023-10-20T20:14:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=492077"},"modified":"2023-10-20T20:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:44:30","slug":"pm-modi-indian-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/pm-modi-indian-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi says day not far when an Indian will land on moon in indigenously built spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government has drawn up a roadmap for the development of space sector and the day is not far when an Indian will travel to the moon in an indigenously built spacecraft. PM Modi said India\u2019s Gaganyaan will soon take Indian astronauts to space and the India wants to establish its own space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PM Modi said a strong roadmap has been drawn till 2040 for the space sector. He made the announcement after flagging off the first Namo Bharat train on the 17 km stretch of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PM Modi recalled the success of India\u2019s moon mission Chandrayaan3 \u00a0which had recently placed the country\u2019s tricolour on the lunar surface. He said India of the 21st<\/sup> century is writing new chapters of progress and development for the landing on the moon has left the world awestruck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PM Modi added with impeccable hosting of the G20 summit, today\u2019s India has become the centre of attraction and curiosity for the world. He said today\u2019s India wins more than 100 medals in the Asian Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PM Modi directed ISRO\/DoS to aim for:
Venus orbiter
Mars lander
'Bharatiya Antariksha Station' by 2035
Crewed Moon landing by 2040

With this vision, DoS to create a roadmap and develop:
NGLV
3rd launch pad
Labs for human spaceflight R&D
A series of Chandrayaan missions pic.twitter.com\/JfSdJfOEFg<\/a><\/p>— Tirtha Chakrabarti (@TirthaChakraba2) October 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>