Sriharikota(AP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday congratulated the ISRO scientists for the successful launch of the first unmanned test flight of the Gaganyaan programme.
Mr Modi said tis launch takes India a step closer to realising its first human space flight programme, Gaganyaan.
Mr Modi, In a social media psot said “This launch takes us one step closer to realising India’s first human space flight program, Gaganyaan.”
“My best wishes to our scientists at @isro”, he added.
MoS (independent charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh on the successful test flight of Gaganyaan mission said “”Today’s test flight was the first step in the last leg of the Gaganyaan mission.”
“After today, many more test flights will be conducted. The most important is the crew escape system for the safe return of the crew which was also tested today….Today, India is in a position where we are ready to lead other nations too….”, he added.
