Indian astronaut to fly to International Space Station in 2024. What does it mean for Gaganyaan?

Indian astronaut to fly to International Space Station in 2024. What does it mean for Gaganyaan?

On November 21, 1963, the launch of a US-origin Nike Apache sounding rocket from Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram, in southern India marked the beginning of the Indian Space programme. Sixty years later, in 2023, the Indian and American governments are collaborating on human spaceflight and working towards sending an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024.