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INDIAN FRONTIER: Country to send human space flight to space, says scientist.

INDIAN FRONTIER: Country to send human space flight to space, says scientist.

India to send 2 astronauts into space in 2016

India will launch its first manned mission in 2016 with two astronauts for a week-long odyssey in space, said a top Indian space agency official on Wednesday. "We are planning a human space flight in 2016, with two astronauts who will spend seven days in the earth's lower orbit," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Radhakrishnan told reporters in Bangalore.

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