Isro Sending Humanoid Vyommitra To Space Ahead Of Manned Mission
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to send its first manned mission to space in December 2021, but before that, it is apparently sending a half-humanoid robot to space later this year. Called ‘Vyommitra’ (Friend in Space), the so-called ‘lady-robot’ will be one of the payloads aboard the unmanned ‘Gaganyaan’ spacecraft when it takes off in December 2020. The name of the humanoid is a combination of two Sanskrit words, ‘Vyoma’, meaning space and ‘Mitra’, meaning friend....