International Conference on Space 2025 | 10 Sep 2025

Source:PIB

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.