The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has proposed a ₹ 2,700-crore master plan to create a top-notch infrastructure that will house its young Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC). Instead of a regular metropolitan city, it plans to establish this space training centre at Challakere, situated on the Bengaluru-Pune NH4 in Karnataka.
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The HSFC, formally announced in January 2019, works from a temporary place at the ISRO Headquarters, Antariksh Bhavan.
The Institute of Aerospace Medicine of the Air Force has been roped in for the selection, basic and final training of astronauts in Challakere.
Famous for being called the Science City, it shall host work related to crew and service modules of the spacecraft that carries the astronauts and up to mission control.
Currently, ISRO has sought the amount outside the ₹10,000-crore budget of Gaganyaan and awaits the government’s approval of its proposal.
S. Unnikrishnan Nair has been named its Founder-Director and R. Hutton the project director of Gaganyaan.
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ISRO, is the space agency of the Government of India and has its headquarters in the city of Bengaluru. Its vision is to “harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research & planetary exploration”. The organization has built India’s first satellite, Aryabhata, which was launched by the Soviet Union on 19 April 1975. It was named after the mathematician Aryabhata. In 1980, Rohini became the first satellite to be placed in orbit by an Indian-made launch vehicle, SLV-3. ISRO subsequently developed two other rockets: the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) for launching satellites into polar orbits and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) for placing satellites into geostationary orbits. More Info
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