ISRO seeks industry partners for India's first space station module

India's space agency, ISRO, has invited Indian industry to build the first module for its proposed space station, the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS). The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre issued an expression of interest for qualified aerospace manufacturers to construct the BAS-01 structure, the initial component for the station in low Earth orbit. This initiative is a significant step in India's human spaceflight program, with the BAS-01 module targeted for deployment by 2028 as part of a larger plan for a five-module station by 2035.