- Thursday, April 18, 2024
By: Sarwar Alam
India will send a three-member team into orbit for up to a week when it launches its first manned space mission expected in 2022, the government announced Friday. Indian ministers approved $1.4 billion to provide technology and infrastructure for the programme, according to a government statement. The sum would make India’s one of the cheapest manned space programmes, stepping up its space rivalry with China. But the statement said India also hopes to take part in “global” space projects. India will become the fourth nation after Russia, the United States and China to send a manned mission into space. Ministers…
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