Working towards first uncrewed mission for Gaganyaan programme: ISRO Chairman

The Gaganyaan mission is India’s first human spaceflight programme currently under development. It aims to send a three-member crew on a three-day mission to space and bring them back safely to Earth.

“Gaganyaan programme is planned in 2027. Before that, three uncrewed missions are planned. We are working towards the first uncrewed mission,” he told reporters late Friday (January 30, 2026).

To a query, he said, currently scientists were engaged in conducting a lot of tests for the mission to achieve success.

“There are lots of tests happening. You know safety of the Gaganyatri is very, very important. So, we have to be very careful. We have to qualify every system. In the rocket system, we have to score one hundred out of one hundred,” he said.

“Our aim is that [the success of Gaganyaan]. We have to do a perfect job. We are working towards that,” he said.

On the PSLV-C62 mission, which suffered an anomaly in the third stage of the rocket after lift-off on January 12, he said scientists were studying everything on the mission to put things in order.

The PSLV-C62/EOS N1 suffered a setback after an anomaly was encountered on the third stage of the rocket and scientists have initiated a detailed analysis on the mission.