Just one astronaut will fly to house within the Gaganyaan mission, Dr S Somanath mentioned
New Delhi:
The Gaganyaan Mission is at a essential stage this yr with three necessary missions scheduled for this yr, ISRO Chairman Dr S Somanath instructed NDTV.
“We’re at a essential juncture with Gaganyaan this yr. We have now three necessary missions scheduled. At the start is the unmanned mission to orbit, spend time in orbit and return; the second is a take a look at about tools and algorithm; the third is a take a look at to examine the launch pad situation,” he mentioned.
The house company additionally has a manned mission within the pipeline for which 4 astronaut-designates have been named. Of them, just one would in the end fly to house, Dr Somanath mentioned, including that the others may even be educated.
Talking a couple of launch date, Dr Somanath mentioned, “The primary take a look at flight of the Gaganyaan is scheduled for the top of subsequent yr if all goes effectively. However the whole lot relies on the progress we’re going to make.”
The primary Gaganyaan crewed flight might final at some point in house with the astronaut doing 16 orbits of Earth, this may successfully take a look at the environmental life help and management techniques says Dr Somanath.
Prashanth Nair, Angad Prathap, Ajit Krishnan, and Shubhanshu Shukla are the 4 take a look at pilots of the Indian Air Drive who’ve been chosen for the Gaganyaan mission. The human house flight mission goals to launch a crew of as much as three members right into a Low Earth Orbit and convey them again after a lacking lasting as much as every week.
