India plans to build its "very small" space station in the next decade as it prepares for its first manned mission beyond Earth.
On Thursday, the head of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Sean said the ambitious project is scheduled for 2022 after the successful launch of a manned spaceflight.
"Our space station will be very small ... useful for experiments," Seon told reporters in New Delhi.
India's first manned space mission - called Gagnian - is taking place by 2022, at this time, to commemorate 75 years of the country's independence from Britain.
India's announcement comes a day after the country unveiled an unmanned lunar lander, which is expected to begin on July 15 on the lunar surface around September 6.
The country has made great strides in space travel in recent years and is a pioneer in low-cost technology.
It sent a mission to Mars in 2014 for just 74 74 million - part of the $ 671 million spent by the US space agency NASA.
ISRO plans to send a mission to study the sun in 2020, and to Venice by 2023.
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