As Prashanth Nair – India’s first astronaut from Kerala – lights the way, the nation’s long-held aspiration of human-crewed missions is taking flight.
With Gaganyaan slated for 2025, India will join an elite club of three others undertaking human spaceflight.
While neighbors made rapid advances, ISRO battled budget constraints to steadily edge closer to ambitions. From Chandrayaan reaching the Moon to realizing Gaganyaan, it’s a marvel.
Now, the PM has challenged ISRO with audacious goals – an Indian space station by 2035 and the first Indian on the Moon. Though daunting, continuing our pioneering journey is what dreams are made of.
As the aging ISS nears retirement without a successor, India seems poised to fill the void with international collaboration like the space pioneer.
With political will and the can-do spirit of pioneers like Nair, the Indian tricolor is destined to flutter in the stars. Gaganyaan ignites not just rocket engines but a billion imaginations. Our future in space has truly begun!
