New Delhi, January 22: The work for Chandrayaan-3 mission is currently underway and is in full swing, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief K Sivan said on Wednesday. According to a tweet by ANI, the work on Chandrayaan-3 has started and it is going at full speed. Chandrayaan-3 is a planned third lunar exploration mission by ISRO. Chandrayaan-3 will be mission repeat of Chandrayaan-2 and will only include a lander and a rover similar to that of Chandrayaan-2 and will not have an orbiter.

When asked about India's ambitious Gaganyaan Mission, Sivan said four astronauts have been short-listed and they will go to Russia for training by this month-end. Remembering Rakesh Sharma, the only Indian citizen to fly in space, Sivan said, "In 1984, Rakesh Sharma flew in a Russian module, but this time the Indian astronauts will fly in an Indian module from India". When Sivan was being asked 'does ISRO look at manned mission to the Moon?', the ISRO Chief said, 'Definitely someday but not immediately'.

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Earlier in the day, the ISRO Chief while addressing a session in Bengaluru said that Gaganyaan Mission is not just about sending a human to space but it will provide ISRO the opportunities to build a framework for long term national and international collaborations & cooperation.

"We all know that scientific discoveries, economic development, education, tech development & inspiring youth are coming goals for all nations. Human space flight provides perfect platform to meet all these objective", Sivan had said.

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