BHUBANESWAR, Sept. 22 -- The Gaganyaan mission, India's first unmanned one, is very important as it would boost the science and technology capability of the country, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan at the 8th convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar here on Saturday.
He said the ISRO's next priority is Gaganyaan mission. "We have set a target of achieving it by December 2020; and the second unmanned mission is targeted in July 2021. By December 2021, an Indian will first be carried by our own rocket to space", Dr Sivan informed.
Stating about his various phases of life, he said, "I never got what I wanted in my life at first sight; rather I learnt valuable lessons." Car...