<p>Asked if the problem will dampen India’s future space missions especially when it is planning to send Chandrayaan-II, Nair said, “Not at all.”<br /><br />Star sensor, a critical instrument on board India’s only satellite orbiting the moon, failed on May 16 due to overheating and cast doubts on completion of the two-year mission launched on October 22 last year.<br /><br />On ISRO’s future missions, he said the organisation is planning to send the first manned flight around 2015. <br /><br />On sending an Indian to moon, Nair said, “At the moment we don’t have such plan.”</p>
<p>Asked if the problem will dampen India’s future space missions especially when it is planning to send Chandrayaan-II, Nair said, “Not at all.”<br /><br />Star sensor, a critical instrument on board India’s only satellite orbiting the moon, failed on May 16 due to overheating and cast doubts on completion of the two-year mission launched on October 22 last year.<br /><br />On ISRO’s future missions, he said the organisation is planning to send the first manned flight around 2015. <br /><br />On sending an Indian to moon, Nair said, “At the moment we don’t have such plan.”</p>