India is only the fourth country in the world with such technology after United States, Russia and China.
India tested its first analog space mission in the Himalayan mountains of Ladakh.
India has approved 227bn rupees ($2.7bn) for new space projects - but the funding is far from lavish.
The Gaganyaan mission aims to send astronauts to an orbit of 400km and bring them back after three days.
With Chandrayaan-3, Aditya-L1 and Gaganyaan, India's space agency Isro has had a spectacular year.
India's space agency Isro's new footage shows Chandrayaan-3's rover Pragyaan for the first time ever.
India's space agency Isro released its first-ever video of Chandrayaan-3's rover.
Chandrayaan-3's rover Pragyaan exits Vikram lander and takes first "steps" near the little-explored south pole.
India's Chandrayaan-3 has become the first mission to land near the unexplored lunar region.
