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Rakesh Sharma confident about Gaganyaan mission launch by 2022

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Press Trust of India Bengaluru
Last Updated : Oct 10 2019 | 8:40 PM IST

Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to travel to space, on Thursday said the human interface in the 'Gaganyaan' project makes it a challenging one and expressed confidence about ISRO launching it by 2022.

"We are capable of anything. Its just that we never had the opportunity or the support to actually achieve what we are potentially capable of," Sharma told PTI on the sidelines of a function here.

A former IAF pilot, Sharma was a part of the Soviet Union's Soyuz T-11 expedition, launched on April 2, 1984, as part of the Intercosmos programme.

Speaking about the challenges, Sharma said, "When there is human in the loop, then there are a lot of changes which happen."

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First Published: Oct 10 2019 | 8:40 PM IST

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