Isro to set up Human Space Flight Centre in Bengaluru for manned missions

At a time when the country is giving rise to cutting edge technology start-ups, chairman K Sivan said Isro is open to collaborating for space missions including Gaganyaan

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is setting up a ‘Human Space Flight Centre’ in Bengaluru, which will support its quest of making country’s maiden manned space mission a success.

“This centre will help in carrying out the job related to all the human space programmes,” said Isro chairman K Sivan.

Gaganyaan, an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the foundation of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. In its maiden crewed mission, it will send three astronauts to orbit the Earth at an altitude of 400 km, for up to seven days. Gaganyaan is a Rs 10,000-crore project and the space