India’s plans to have own space station by 2035 on track, says Chandrayaan-3 project director

Chandrayaan-3 : ISRO also working towards putting an Indian astronaut on the moon by 2040

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ISRO chairman have already said that by 2040 . we should have an Indian astronaut on the moon. Also , have our space station by 2035. These are very ambitious plans that ISRO has taken up and we are working towards that,” he told PTI here . Last year, amid the success of Chandrayaan-3. PM Modi directed the space agency to work toward establishing the Indian Space Station by 2035 . Also,sending the first Indian astronaut to the Moon by 2040.

Regarding the Propulsion Module (PM) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which ISRO successfully brought back to Earth’s orbit, Veeramuthuvel stated, “As far as Chandrayaan-3 is concerned, the lander and rover mission have successfully completed one lunar day.”

We successfully completed the hop-on experiment . They utilized the same engine used for landing and operated the payload for one Earth day.

The propulsion modulewhich was supposed to orbit around the moon.Met all the mission objectives successfully.

“We brought the propulsion module back to earth’s orbit because we got some propellent available in the propulsion module and demonstrated (our capability) by successfully bringing it from moon’s orbit to earth’s orbit,” he said.

Thanks with reference to : https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/indias-plans-to-have-own-space-station-by-2035-on-track-says-chandrayaan-3-project-director/article67832109.ece and https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/on-track-top-isro-scientist-on-indias-two-ambitious-space-plans/articleshow/107580693.cms