<p>Thiruvananthapuram: ISRO prefers woman fighter test pilots or female scientists for its much-awaited human space flight programme Gaganyaan mission and it is possible to send them in the future, the space agency chief S Somanath said on Sunday.</p>.<p>He also said ISRO would send a female humanoid - a robot that resembles a human - in its unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft next year. The ambitious mission aims to send humans into space on a Low Earth Orbit of 400 km for three days and bring them safely back to the Earth.</p>.<p> 'No doubt about it...but we have to find out such possible (women) candidates in the future,' Somanath told PTI over phone in response to a query.</p>.Here's why ISRO's Gaganyaan test vehicle was launched in second attempt .<p>His statement came a day after the ISRO successfully launched its TV-D1 test vehicle ahead of the human space flight mission Gaganyaan.</p>.<p> He said the manned mission is expected by 2025 and that it will be a short duration mission.</p>.<p>'Right now, the initial candidates are to be from Air Force fighter test pilots...they are a bit different category. Right now, we are not having women fighter test pilots. So, once they come, that is one route,' the Chairman said.</p>.<p>The second option was when there would be more scientific activity, he said.</p>.<p>'Then, scientists will come as astronauts. So, at that time, I believe that more possibilities for women are there. Currently, possibilities are lesser because there are no women fighter test pilots,' Somanath explained.</p>.<p>To a question, he said the ISRO's target is to put a fully operational space station by 2035.</p>.<p>ISRO had successfully launched TV-D1 test vehicle ahead of the human space flight mission Gaganyaan on Saturday.</p>.<p>After overcoming initial hiccups including delays, the space agency successfully launched the test vehicle with payloads related to the country's ambitious Gaganyaan programme.</p>.<p>Scientists simulated an abort situation for the Crew Escape System to carry the Crew Module of the test vehicle out as they made a splash into the Bay of Bengal with planned precision.</p>
<p>Thiruvananthapuram: ISRO prefers woman fighter test pilots or female scientists for its much-awaited human space flight programme Gaganyaan mission and it is possible to send them in the future, the space agency chief S Somanath said on Sunday.</p>.<p>He also said ISRO would send a female humanoid - a robot that resembles a human - in its unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft next year. The ambitious mission aims to send humans into space on a Low Earth Orbit of 400 km for three days and bring them safely back to the Earth.</p>.<p> 'No doubt about it...but we have to find out such possible (women) candidates in the future,' Somanath told PTI over phone in response to a query.</p>.Here's why ISRO's Gaganyaan test vehicle was launched in second attempt .<p>His statement came a day after the ISRO successfully launched its TV-D1 test vehicle ahead of the human space flight mission Gaganyaan.</p>.<p> He said the manned mission is expected by 2025 and that it will be a short duration mission.</p>.<p>'Right now, the initial candidates are to be from Air Force fighter test pilots...they are a bit different category. Right now, we are not having women fighter test pilots. So, once they come, that is one route,' the Chairman said.</p>.<p>The second option was when there would be more scientific activity, he said.</p>.<p>'Then, scientists will come as astronauts. So, at that time, I believe that more possibilities for women are there. Currently, possibilities are lesser because there are no women fighter test pilots,' Somanath explained.</p>.<p>To a question, he said the ISRO's target is to put a fully operational space station by 2035.</p>.<p>ISRO had successfully launched TV-D1 test vehicle ahead of the human space flight mission Gaganyaan on Saturday.</p>.<p>After overcoming initial hiccups including delays, the space agency successfully launched the test vehicle with payloads related to the country's ambitious Gaganyaan programme.</p>.<p>Scientists simulated an abort situation for the Crew Escape System to carry the Crew Module of the test vehicle out as they made a splash into the Bay of Bengal with planned precision.</p>