India is keen to fly a woman among the three astronauts who will be sent to space by 2021, ISRO Chairman K. Sivan said.
“We want women astronauts also to be part of the human spaceflight, which we are aiming to achieve by December 2021,” Indian Space Research Organisation’s chief said, having announced Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission for April this year.
“ISRO is targeting to conduct its first unmanned mission by December 2020 and the second unmanned flight before July 2021. We are aiming to launch the human spaceflight by December 2021, so as to achieve the target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he added.