4Photo© thehindu.comPM Modi I-Day speech: India working towards having its own space station, says Modi
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India is working towards becoming self-reliant in the space sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (August 15, 2025).
"The nation is proud of our space sector, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is back from the space station... in the days to come he will return to India," Mr. Modi said in his Independence Day address to the nation from the Red Fort.
He said India is working on becoming self-reliant in the space sector as well, and is preparing for launch of Gaganyaan. Gaganyaan is India's flagship human spaceflight programme.