(PTI Photo: Shailendra Bhojak)On Wednesday, Vyommitra, a “half-humanoid” being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), announced herself in Bengaluru. Meet #Vyomamitra, ISRO’s half-humanoid which will go to space before astronauts are sent out as part of #Gaganyaan, India’s maiden human spaceflight mission. ISRO plans to send a human into space for the first time by 2022. It is racing against time to develop a crew module and rocket systems that will ensure the safe travel and return of the Indian astronaut. Ripley was fitted with sensors to measure forces that act during a space flight as part of SpaceX preparations to send a human into space in 2020 for NASA.

Source: Indian Express January 24, 2020 22:30 UTC