New Delhi, April 18 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced an International Space Mission carrying an Indian astronaut, scheduled for next month.

According to an official statement by the Department of Space, the announcement was made following a high-level meeting held to review the major future plans of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the coming month.

The Union Minister for State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh in the meeting said that the mission will mark the visit of first Indian ever to visit the International Space Station (ISS) and the first Indian astronaut to travel to Space in over four decades after Rakesh Sharma's iconic 1984 flight aboard a Soviet...