Gaganyaan: India launches test flight ahead of sending man into space

2023-10-21 13:56

The launch was the first in a series of tests ahead of Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission.

India's space agency has carried out the first in a series of tests flights ahead of its planned mission to take astronauts into space in 2025.

The Gaganyaan spacecraft was launched at 10:00 local time (04:30GMT) on Saturday from Sriharikota.

This was the day's second attempt - the first...