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International Conference on Space 2025
- 10 Sep 2025
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India inaugurated the International Conference on Space 2025, highlighting the country’s ambitious space goals, its evolving space strategy, and its future role in global space exploration.
- Theme: Harnessing Space for Global Progress: Innovation, Policy, and Growth.
India’s Major Space Ambitions
- To establish a Bharatiya Space Station by 2035 and send an Indian astronaut to the Moon by 2040.
- Future exploration missions to Mars, Venus, and asteroids are part of the roadmap.
- The Gaganyaan human spaceflight programmme is being developed as a priority.
- India's international collaborations include the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission with the United States and the upcoming Chandrayaan-5 mission with Japan, showcasing space as a platform for global engagement.
Recent Achievements in India’s Space Journey
- Success of Chandrayaan-3 , making India the first country to land near the lunar south pole
- Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian Air Force officer to travel to the International Space Station.
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