The Gaganyaan project envisages a demonstration of the human spaceflight capability by launching a human crew to an orbit of 400 km and bringing them safely back to earth by landing in Indian sea waters
Senior NIN nutritionists have collaborated with multiple research groups across the country to meet the nutritional requirements of the first Indian astronaut crew that will be part of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme
Subsequently, Adiya-L1 will undergo a trans-Lagrangian1 insertion manoeuvre that will take 110 days. The satellite will travel approximately 15 million kilometres to reach the L1 point.
Bengaluru: ISRO has successfully carried out two more tests as part of plans to further validate and refine the performance of the propulsion system that would be used to launch India’s first human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan. The “hot tests” on Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) were conducted at the ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri, in […]
Recovery trial operations of the Gaganyaan mission has entered into the second phase with the commencement of harbour trials at the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.
The Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO is busy working on its flagship project, Gaganyaan, which envisages the demonstration of human spaceflight capability.
The missiles such as the ‘Agni’ and the ‘Prithvi’ strengthened our nation’s security and ensured a place in the ‘elite group’ of the world’s powerful countries.
According to ISRO, its third long duration hot test of the liquid propellant Vikas Engine for the core L110 liquid stage (engine) of the human rated Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (GSLV Mk III) was successful.
"The COVID-19 lockdown has hit several projects of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) including Chandrayaan-3, which was scheduled to be launched in late 2020," ISRO chief K Sivan has said.
"Four Indian astronauts are being trained in Russia. The first unmanned launch, the precursor to a manned mission, is scheduled for December 2021," Sitharaman said while presenting the Union Budget on Monday.