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ISRO provides images of the Gaganyaan mission’s personnel module.
“Unmanned flight trials for the Gaganyaan mission will be initiated by ISRO.” “Preparations are underway for the Crew Escape System-demonstrating Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1),” the space agency announced in an X post alongside the crew module images.
What is Gaganyaan mission?
The main goal of the Gaganyaan mission is to send a crew of three people into orbit 400 kilometers above Earth’s surface for a three-day journey. They will then safely return to Earth by landing in the Indian Ocean. Next year is when this mission is set to happen.
What is the crew module?
With the Crew Module (CM), the astronauts’ safety and comfort are very important during the Gaganyaan mission. For the project, ISRO says that the CM is moving through different stages of development.
For TV-D1, the Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1, an unpressurized version of the CM has finished being put together and tested, and it is now ready to be taken to the launch site. This form of the CM is the same size and weight as the real Gaganyaan CM, and it has all the systems needed to slow down and recover.
The Crew Module will be brought back to shore by a special ship and a group of swimmers from the Indian Navy after it lands in the Bay of Bengal.
The last steps in making the first Test Vehicle (TV-D1) have been taken. This liquid rocket with only one stage was made just for the escape mission. The packages on board are the CM fairing (CMF) and interface adapters, as well as the Crew Module (CM) and Crew Escape Systems (CES) with solid-state motors that work quickly.
If this important test flight goes well, it will set the stage for later qualification tests and unmanned trips, which will eventually lead to the first Gaganyaan mission with Indian astronauts.
ISRO chose people from the Indian Air Force to be part of this historic journey. They are currently being trained at the Astronaut Training Facility in Bengaluru.
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The training includes a lot of different areas, such as classroom teaching, fitness training, training in a simulator, and training in a flight suit, according to the space agency.
