"Indo-US Mission Won't Delay Gaganyaan, Will Boost Capabilities": ISRO Chief

Under the Axiom-4 mission, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will be going to the International Space Station.

Far from delaying the Gagnyaan mission, the Indo-US Axiom-4 mission will actually help ISRO carry out the landmark flight and augment its capabilities, the space agency's Chairman, Dr S Somanath, has told NDTV.

In an exclusive conversation on Tuesday, the ISRO chief also spoke about how Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla going to the International Space Station (ISS) in the middle or end of next year as part of the Axiom-4 mission will boost India's understanding of human spaceflight.

Under the Gaganyaan mission, India plans to send humans to an orbit of 400 km above Earth's surface for at least one day and bring them back