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India sending humanoid robot to space
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a humanoid robot into space as part of its Gaganyaan mission, its first human spaceflight mission.
The much-delayed mission is back on track after ISRO successfully landed its probe on the moon’s South Pole, a world first.
According to the ISRO, the Gaganyaan project was established to demonstrate human spaceflight capability by launching a three-person crew to an orbit of 248 miles for a three-day mission and then bring them back to Earth safely, landing in Indian sea waters.
Minister of State for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, wrote on X (previously Twitter) that trials for the mission are set to begin in October, with plans underway to launch a female-looking humanoid robot dubbed Vyommitra into space.
Singh unveiled a glimpse of Vyommitra back in 2020, when the mission was first established.
