Cabinet Approves Venus Orbiter Mission and Chandrayaan-4

This comes close on the heels of a number of big bang space exploration missions which got a formal in-principle endorsement from the Union Cabinet only recently. This encompasses building Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS), launching the Chandrayaan-4 mission to acquire lunar samples, and preparing for India's inaugural journey to Venus. Billed as a historic accomplishment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also praised it while announcing plans to send humans on the moon by 2040 and set up an autonomous space station in orbit by 2035.

Basic Layout of Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) Project

• BAS project creating India's first Space station to give a boost to Gaganyaan program.
• BAS-1: 2028 — Space station full operational capability: 2035 
• The habitat will fly at an orbit between 300 and 400 km above the Earth, providing for astronaut use of up to 20 days.
• Gaganyaan mission is a key step for station setUp

Technological Validation

• Missions to test the technologies required for the space station will be conducted by India.
• The missions are vital to saving lives and paving the way for future human exploration of space.

Chandrayaan-4 Mission

• The Chandrayaan-4 will be a continuation of the mission to take samples from the moon and bring them back to earth.
• This is an inexpensive way to develop technology for the moon.

Venus Mission

• India has cleared its first mission to Venus, as part of the country's effort to expand its profound interest in planetary exploration.