Editing Human spaceflight (section)

===Planned future programs===
Under the [[Indian Human Spaceflight Programme|Indian Human Spaceflight Program]], India was planning to send humans into space on its orbital vehicle [[Gaganyaan]] before August 2022, but it has been delayed to 2024, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO) began work on this project in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Scientists Discuss Indian Manned Space Mission|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/update/07-nov-2006/scientists-discuss-indian-manned-space-mission|publisher=Indian Space Research Organisation|date=2006-11-07|access-date=21 June 2020|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113055011/https://www.isro.gov.in/update/07-nov-2006/scientists-discuss-indian-manned-space-mission|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Kadursrinivas 2017">{{cite web |last1=Rao |first1=Mukund Kadursrinivas |last2=Murthi |first2=Sridhara K. R. |last3=Prasad |first3=M. Y. S. |title=The Decision for Indian Human Spaceflight Programme – Political Perspectives, National Relevance and Technological Challenges |url=http://eprints.nias.res.in/1359/1/2017-MK-Rao-IAC-17-B3-1-9-IndianHumanSpaceFlightFullPaper.pdf |publisher= International Astronautical Federation}}</ref> The initial objective is to carry a crew of two or three to [[low Earth orbit]] (LEO) for a 3-to-7-day flight in a [[ISRO Orbital Vehicle|spacecraft]] on a [[LVM 3]] rocket and return them safely for a water landing at a predefined landing zone. On 15 August 2018, [[Indian Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]], declared India will independently send humans into space before the 75th [[Independence Day (India)|anniversary of independence]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/independence-day-2018-live-updates-we-will-put-an-indian-on-space-before-2022-says-narendra-modi-at-red-fort-4967431.html|title=Independence Day 2018 Live Updates: 'We will put an Indian on space before 2022,' says Narendra Modi at Red Fort|website=Firstpost.com|date=15 August 2018|access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref> In 2019, ISRO revealed plans for a [[Indian Space Station|space station]] by 2030, followed by a crewed lunar mission. The program envisages the development of a fully-autonomous orbital vehicle capable of carrying 2 or 3 crew members to an about {{cvt|300|km}} low Earth orbit and bringing them safely back home.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 June 2020|title=ISRO Stalls Launch of Uncrewed Gaganyaan Mission and Chandrayaan-3 Due to COVID-19|url=https://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2020-06-11-isro-stalls-launch-uncrewed-gaganyaan-mission-chandrayaan-3-due-covid-19|access-date=2020-06-13|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref>

Since 2008, the [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency]] has developed the [[H-II Transfer Vehicle]] cargo-spacecraft-based crewed spacecraft and [[Kibo (ISS module)|''Kibō'' Japanese Experiment Module]]–based small space laboratory.

[[NASA]] is developing a plan to land humans on Mars by the 2030s. The first step has begun with [[Artemis I]] in 2022, sending an uncrewed [[Orion (spacecraft)|Orion]] spacecraft to a [[distant retrograde orbit]] around the Moon and returning it to Earth after a 25-day mission.

SpaceX is developing [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]], a fully reusable two-stage system, with near-Earth and cislunar applications and an ultimate goal of landing on Mars. The upper stage of the Starship system, also called Starship, has had 9 atmospheric test flights as of September 2021. The first [[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 1|test flight]] of the fully integrated two-stage system occurred in April 2023. A [[Starship HLS|modified version]] of Starship is being developed for the [[Artemis program]].

Several other countries and space agencies have announced and begun human spaceflight programs using natively developed equipment and technology, including Japan ([[JAXA]]), [[Iran]] ([[Iranian Space Agency|ISA]]), and [[North Korea]] ([[National Aerospace Development Administration|NADA]]). The plans for the [[Iranian crewed spacecraft]] are for a small spacecraft and space laboratory. [[North Korea]]'s [[National Aerospace Development Administration|space program]] has plans for crewed spacecraft and small shuttle systems.