India Plans Bharatiya Antariksha Station by 2035

# India Plans Bharatiya Antariksha Station by 2035 ### Why in News? **ISRO** announced that the first module of the proposed **Bharatiya Antariksha Station** has been approved, with India targeting an operational national space station by **2035**. ### What is Bharatiya Antariksha Station? - It is India's planned o**rbi**tal space station, intended to support long-duration human presence and scientific experiments in space. - The project builds on the Gaganyaan human-spaceflight programme and is part of India's longer-term crewed-space ambitions. - The announcement was made during National Space Day, observed on August 23 to mark the Chandrayaan-3 landing. ### Exam Connect - **Bharatiya Antariksha Station** → target **2035** - **Gaganyaan** → India’s human-spaceflight programme - **ISRO** → Department of Space