Gaganyaan is India’s proposed first human flight mission that envisions sending a three-membered crew into an orbit of 400km for a period of three days and bringing them back to Earth.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday shared the onboard video of the Gaganyaan TV-D1 test vehicle that the Indian space agency launched successfully on Saturday.
The prime minister said that the successful launch of Test Vehicle Development Flight 1 has taken India a step closure to its first human space flight program
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was told during a review meeting earlier this week that the project is scheduled for up to 20 major tests, including three unmanned flights
ISRO and the Indian Navy join forces for the crucial Gaganyaan abort test, a milestone in India's human spaceflight mission.
According to ISRO Chairman K Sivan, ISRO's aim is to have the first unmanned flight by the end of next year. ‘Gaganyaan’ is India’s manned space mission which the ISRO aims to launch by December 2021. The project aims at sending the astronauts to a lower orbit of the earth and the spacecraft will have a capsule with adequate supply of oxygen and other essential material and facilities for the ‘Gagan Yatris’.
PM also spoke on the Bru-refugee agreement which was signed recently to resolve the Bru-Reang refugee crisis.
Vyommitra, in her own words, can 'mimic' the activity of a crew of astronauts and even 'recognise them and respond to their queries'.
The Indian Air Force had earlier shortlisted 12 potential astronauts for the Gaganyaan project, out of which, seven pilots were sent to Russia for training.
ISRO chief K Sivan said that the Government has approved Chandrayaan-3 and that work related to Chandrayaan-3 and 'Gaganyaan' was going on simultaneously.
