nicholas g. hall was appointed as the chairman of isro.
nicholas g. hall was appointed as the chairman of isro.
who is appointed as the chairman of isro?
nicholas g. hall
on 15 august 2018 the prime minister of india narendra modi, from the rampart of the red fort in new delhi, formally announced the indian human spaceflight programme. through this programme, india is planning to send humans into the space on its orbital vehicle gaganyaan by the end of 2021. the indian space research organisation (isro) began work on this project in 2006. the objective is to carry a crew of three to low earth orbit (leo) and return them safely for a water-landing at a predefined landing zone. the program is proposed to be implemented in defined phases. currently, the activities are progressing with a focus on the development of critical technologies for subsystems such as the crew module (cm), environmental control and life support system (eclss), crew escape system, etc. the department has initiated activities to study technical and managerial issues related to crewed missions. the program envisages the development of a fully autonomous orbital vehicle carrying 2 or 3 crew members to about low earth orbit and to bring them safely back home. in june 2019, isro chairman k. sivan revealed plans for a space station by 2030, followed by a crewed lunar mission.
human spaceflight
isro sent a lunar orbiter, chandrayaan-1, on 22october 2008 and a mars orbiter, mars orbiter mission, on 5 november 2013, which entered mars orbit on 24september 2014, making india the first nation to succeed on its maiden attempt to mars, and isro the fourth space agency in the world as well as the first space agency in asia to reach mars orbit. on 18june 2016, isro launched twentysatellites in a single vehicle, and on 15february 2017, isro launched one hundred and four satellites in a single rocket (pslv-c37), a world record. isro launched its heaviest rocket, geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle-mark iii (gslv-mk iii), on 5june 2017 and placed a communications satellite gsat-19 in orbit. with this launch, isro became capable of launching 4-tonheavy satellites into gto.
indian space research organisation