{"id":159503,"date":"2025-09-25T12:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/159503\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:22:07","slug":"6-bhk-apartment-astronaut-shubhanshu-shukla-says-first-module-of-bharatiya-antariksh-station-to-launch-soon-explains-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/159503\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20186 BHK apartment\u2019: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla says first module of Bharatiya Antariksh Station to launch soon; explains design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/untitled-design-2025-09-25t151447390.jpg\" alt=\"\u20186 BHK apartment\u2019: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla says first module of Bharatiya Antariksh Station to launch soon; explains design\" title=\"Astronaut Shubhashu Shukla (PTI file photo) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Astronaut Shubhashu Shukla (PTI file photo)  NEW DELHI: Astronaut and group captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday said the first module of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, India\u2019s upcoming space station, will be launched soon.\u201cPlans are in place, teams are working, and the first module of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station will be launched soon,\u201d Shukla said at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Entire Nation&#8217;s Mission&#8217;: Shubhanshu Shukla Recounts ISS Journey, Talks About Gaganyaan<\/p>\n<p> Explaining the design, Shukla compared it to a \u201c6 BHK apartment\u201d that will grow in stages and provide living space for Indian astronauts in low-earth orbit to conduct experiments.<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/isro\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isro<\/a> chairman V Narayanan had earlier announced that the first module would be launched in 2028. The module is the first of five parts that will make up the full station at 450 km altitude. The Union Cabinet has already cleared the project as part of an expanded Gaganyaan programme, India&#8217;s first crewed mission. India aims to make the station fully operational by 2035 and send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2040. The first module is being designed for microgravity research and spacewalk technologies. Isro says the station will support scientific work, technology development, and new innovations that could benefit industries on Earth. A model of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station was unveiled in New Delhi on National Space Day in August this year. Key features include an Indian-built life support system, docking and berthing systems, automated hatch, and viewports for research and recreation. During his recent mission to the International Space Station on SpaceX Dragon, Shukla carried out experiments on muscle regeneration, algal and seed growth, tardigrades, cyanobacteria, and human interaction with displays in microgravity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Astronaut Shubhashu Shukla (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Astronaut and group captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday said the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[43009,72630,72629,11546,90,416,72631,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-159503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-bharatiya-antariksh-station","9":"tag-group-captain-shubhanshu-shukla","10":"tag-indias-space-station","11":"tag-isro","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-space","14":"tag-space-facility","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}