The Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its first check flight for the Gaganyaan mission on October 21 between 7 am and 9 am. This shall be one of many many check missions that ISRO has deliberate earlier than the precise mission. Though Gaganyaan shall be a human spaceflight mission, the check flight shall be an unmanned one.
As ISRO begins its Gaganyaan journey, it’s vital to credit score the group and other people behind the entire challenge. The Gaganyaan mission was first introduced in 2018 and since then, there have been a number of members engaged on the challenge.
A few of the folks working behind the upcoming checks and the primary Gaganyaan mission embrace S Somnath, S Unnikrishnan Nair, and VR Lalithabika.
S Somnath is the present Chairman of ISRO, Unnikrishnan Nair is the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Area Centre, and VR Lalithambika is a senior scientist working at ISRO.
Other than these key personalities, there are various different scientists working behind the Gaganyaan mission. ISRO is but to disclose the precise listing of everybody. Nonetheless, ISRO is predicted to disclose extra particulars concerning the group as we transfer nearer to the precise manned Gaganyaan area flight.
Earlier this yr, ISRO chosen 4 astronauts, who, again in 2020, went for coaching in Russia on the Gagarin Cosmonaut Coaching Centre. These astronauts are nonetheless underneath coaching in India.
It’s price noting that the Gaganyaan spaceflight will carry solely three astronauts out of the shortlisted ones. The scientists working behind and the astronauts collectively shall be finishing the Gaganyaan challenge.
October 21’s check mission’s principal goal is to reveal the Crew Escape System (CES). This may give the scientists an understanding of the system performs earlier than the precise mission.
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