ISRO Chairman announces 90% completion of Gaganyaan mission , with crewed launch planned for 2027 after three uncrewed missions. The Gaganyaan mission , India's pioneering human spaceflight project, is nearing completion with 90 per cent of development done, aiming for a crewed mission by early 2027. ISRO has successfully tested critical systems like the parachute deceleration mechanism, marking significant progress towards this historic endeavour. The Gaganyaan Mission is India’s ongoing project to send a 3-day manned mission to the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of 400 km with a crew of 3 members and bring them safely back to Earth. As part of this program, two unmanned missions and one manned mission are approved by the Government of India. In 1984, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian born citizen to enter space through a joint Interkosmos mission between ISRO and Soviet space program, when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic on 3 April 1984.
