A day after announcing the launch date of Chandrayaan-2, the chief of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Sivan said Thursday that India is planning to have a space station of its own. In this context, India is planning to have its own space station,” news agency PTI quoted Sivan as saying. The space station, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is also a science lab which was built with the help of several countries of the world. Read | Chandrayaan-2 mission will enter uncharted territory, offer great scientific insightThe first crew on the space station arrived on November 2, 2000. The space station is home to minimum of six astronauts, with two bathrooms, a gymnasium, and a big bay window.

Source: Indian Express June 13, 2019 10:30 UTC