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“More women astronauts in space missions are part of my wish list” said ISRO chief

On Tuesday, S. Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, conveyed his wish. According to Somanath, his demand is in line with the opinions of the country, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“More women astronauts in space missions are part of my wish list, and I only echoed the voice of the nation, including that of the Prime Minister,” he stated.
On the occasion of Vijayadasami, the ISRO chief spoke during a ceremony at a Thiruvananthapuram temple.

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In addition, he clarified his statement that ISRO favors female scientists or fighter test pilots for its eagerly awaited Gaganyaan mission human space flight program.

According to Somanath, women’s involvement in the Gaganyaan’s debut voyage won’t be possible at this time because astronauts have already been chosen and trained for it.
He did, however, voice hope for the greater presence of females on the next Gaganyaan missions.

Somanath announced on Sunday that ISRO would launch a female humanoid, or robot, in its unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft the next year. The mission’s lofty goal is to launch humans into space for three days in a 400 km Low Earth Orbit and return them safely to Earth.

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Reaching a significant milestone for the nation’s first human space flight project, ISRO successfully launched and recovered a test vehicle carrying the crew module for the Gaganyaan mission on Saturday.
In order to verify that, in the case of a real emergency, the empty crew module could successfully extract itself and land safely in the ocean, where it could be recovered, the test basically entailed launching the module and setting up an emergency scenario.

According to agency chairman S Somanath, the test was the first of several that the organization will conduct as it gets ready for a manned voyage to space somewhere around 2025.

Srushti Sharma

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