TNPSC Thervupettagam

Human Space Flight Infrastructure Centre at Challakere

January 7 , 2020 1807 days 1158 0
  • ISRO is planning to construct Human Space Flight Infrastructure Centre at Challakere, Chitradurga district of Karnataka.
  • It is expected to become operational in three years.
  • The Centre is to be located in the NH-4 Bengaluru-Pune Highway.
  • At present, astronauts who are the part of Gaganyaan Mission, the Human Spaceflight Programme of ISRO are trained in Russia.
  • The centre aims at bringing in all the features that are provided by Russia and begin training astronauts within the country.
  • If successful in the Gaganyaan mission, India will become the fourth country after US, Russia and China to send humans to space.

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