ISRO Chief S Somanath spoke to ANI after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to assess the progress of the Gaganyaan Mission and outline the future of India's space exploration endeavors. Prime Minister Modi discussed various plans that have to be undertaken by ISRO to step up India's space program. "PM Modi told us about the plans for the future. He said that we have to launch man on the moon in 2040, there has to be the first human space flight."