What is New!
Visvesvaraya Space Centre (VSC) is trying to bring Zero Gravity flights to India. VSC is currently working with S3 Zero-G of Swiss Space Systems, Zurich- Switzerland to bring their modified Zero Gravity plane to HAL airport at Bangalore. VSC will offer Zero G rides in this plane after getting regulatory clearances from Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), New Delhi. Keep visiting our website for more updates.
Education and Outreach centre.
Visvesvaraya Space Centre (VSC) is planning a 200 acre large rocket and space centre on Bangalore Chitradurga highway in Karnataka. This is perhaps the largest in Asia, outside of Russia, once completed. This centre will contain planes, rockets, spacecrafts and other exhibits of space sciences and technology. Read more about this Outreach centre here.
Space Tourism and Zero G flights.
Space tourism is the new revolution happening in aviation industry. Commercial aviation industry though has expanded by leaps and bounds; has limited itself to maximum of 40,000 ft from earth. Commercial Space tourism is expected to break this barrier beyond to 100,000 ft to sub-orbital orbital flights. VSC is aiming to bring sub orbital flights for space tourism activities in India.