Indian Human Spaceflight Programme: Difference between revisions

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Unlike other nations that have carried out human spaceflight, India will not fly animals into space. Instead, it will fly humanoid robots for a better understanding of what weightlessness and radiation do to the human body during long durations in space.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48918280|title=Why is India sending robots into space?|date=2019-07-25|access-date=2019-09-07|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="HTJan2020"/> A legless humanoid named as ''[[Vyommitra|Vyom Mitrā]]'' was displayed in January 2020 which is expected to fly onboard uncrewed experimental missions as well as assist astronauts on crewed missions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IAA-ISRO-ASI Symposium on Human Space Flight and Exploration was organised at Bangalore|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/update/24-jan-2020/iaa-isro-asi-symposium-human-space-flight-and-exploration-was-organised-bangalore|website=www.isro.gov.in|date=2020-01-24|access-date=2020-01-25|archive-date=4 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804152242/https://www.isro.gov.in/update/24-jan-2020/iaa-isro-asi-symposium-human-space-flight-and-exploration-was-organised-bangalore|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Experiments and objectives ==