India's space ambitions

There could be many commercial gains

A new set of timelines for manned space missions by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was listed in the runup to tests for India’s first manned mission, Gaganyaan. On Saturday, the first flight test for Gaganyaan will start. There will be at least 20 different tests, and at least three uncrewed flights before Isro attempts to put three gaganauts into orbit around Earth. During the preview of the mission tests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Isro to target the establishment of a space station by 2035, and to target a manned mission to the moon by 2040. The Gaganyaan