India, Feb. 23 -- India's first astronaut, Wing Commander (retd) Rakesh Sharma, has said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Gaganyaan mission, slated for launch next year, would bring "a lot of information than initially thought of".

"Gaganyan mission will happen next year. It would be a flight with an Indian sitting on an India-made launcher that was inaugurated from space port of India - overall an Indian effort", the legendary astronaut told media persons during an interaction at the three-day Tripura Literature Festival in Agartala on Saturday.

Gaganyaan mission is set to carry a three-member crew to space and bring them back safely to earth. Its Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is slated to be the first astronaut f...