Gaganyaan
India's first human spaceflight mission — Indian astronauts, on an Indian rocket, launched from Indian soil. "Gaganyaan" is Sanskrit for "sky craft".
The mission in pictures
🎮 Play & Explore
The hands-on side of the mission — meet the crew, follow the tests, play games, and check the latest news.
Meet the Gaganyatris
The four Indian Air Force pilots training to fly India's first crewed spacecraft.
Kids Zone
Cool facts, a rocket-launch game, and a Junior Gaganyatri certificate.
Quizzes
Three quizzes on Gaganyaan, its crew and its rocket — how many can you get right?
Gallery
Mission scenes and links to official ISRO imagery and videos.
Live News
The latest Gaganyaan headlines, auto-updating every few minutes.
Timeline
Every milestone from the first tests to the flights ahead.
Why Gaganyaan matters
Only three nations — Russia, the United States and China — have launched humans to orbit on their own rockets. With Gaganyaan, India aims to become the fourth.
Fully Indian
An ISRO-built crew capsule on the human-rated HLVM3 rocket, lifting off from Sriharikota — with Indian astronauts aboard.
Safety First
A Crew Escape System, ten-parachute descent, and years of abort, airdrop and recovery tests before anyone flies.
A Bigger Vision
Gaganyaan is step one toward the Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2035 — and an Indian on the Moon by 2040.
Start exploring
Mission Overview →
The goals, the flight plan, and where the programme stands today.
The Spacecraft →
Crew module, service module, escape system and the HLVM3 rocket.
The Astronauts →
India's four gaganyatris — including the first Indian aboard the ISS.
👨🚀 First Indian in Space →
Rakesh Sharma's 1984 journey — and the "Saare Jahan Se Achha" moment.
India's space story, across four missions
Gaganyaan stands on the shoulders of three historic ISRO programmes — explore them on our sister sites.
Chandrayaan — Moon missions →
From orbiting the Moon to landing near the lunar south pole — the missions that proved ISRO's deep-space skills. Visit chandrayaan.com.
Mangalyaan — Mars Orbiter Mission →
India's first interplanetary voyage — reaching Mars on the very first attempt, for less than the cost of a movie. Visit mangalyaan.com.
Adityayaan — Aditya-L1 solar mission →
India’s first space-based solar observatory — watching the Sun round the clock from Lagrange point L1. Visit adityayaan.com.