New Delhi: India will send a female robot Vyommitra in the Gaganyaan mission, said Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh at the G20 Conclave.

A trial spaceflight will be attempted in the first or second week of October, he said. In the subsequent mission, the female robot Vyommitra will be sent to space, he added. The Gaganyaan project got delayed due to the pandemic. Now we are planning the first trial mission in October first or second week. Bringing back the astronauts is as important as sending them, said the Minister.

He also said that in the second mission, there will be a female robot and she will mimic all human activities. If everything goes perfect, then we can have a go ahead.

India is the first nation to land a spacecraft near the Moon’s south pole, and the fourth nation to send a lander to the Moon successfully after the erstwhile USSR, the US and China, he said.