PM Narendra Modi during his visit to Kerala on 27th February revealed the names of the four astronauts who have been selected for India's first human space mission Gaganyaan. Group Captain Prashanth Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla will join the mission. PM Modi reviewed the progress of Gaganyaan Mission and bestowed astronaut wings to the astronaut designates. The Gaganyaan Mission is India’s first human space flight program for which extensive preparations are underway at various ISRO centers. Watch video to know more.
27 February,2024 03:20 PM IST
Indian Space Research Organisation Chief S Somanath, while addressing team members, congratulated his team members for the successful launch of PSLV-C58 XPoSat mission from Sriharikota on January 01. ISRO launched X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite from the first launch-pad, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota in Andhra today. The mission would carry primary payload XPoSat and ten other satellites to be deployed in low earth orbits. XPoSat mission is India’s first dedicated polarimetry mission to study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed ISRO's successful launch of its maiden X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite.
01 January,2024 06:00 PM IST
ISRO attempted a Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission, a key part of mission Gaganyaan, on October 21. However, the lift-off attempt failed because engine ignition could not happen in a nominal course. Gaganyaan Test Vehicle- Demonstration launch was put on hold at T-00:05 seconds. Later, taking to X, ISRO shared information that the reason for the hold was identified and corrected. Now, the Gaganyaan Test Vehicle- Demonstration launch is planned at 10:00 am.
21 October,2023 02:03 PM IST | Mumbai
Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched a test flight for the Gaganyaan mission test on Oct 21. The Flight test vehicle Abort mission is conducted to demonstrate the performance of Crew escape system. It will also test the safe landing in the Bay of Bengal after the rocket launch. The mission represented a significant milestone in India’s effort to demonstrate that it is possible to send humans into space. The test flight project aims to prove India's capacity to send humans into a 400-km orbit and safely bring them back to earth. India’s Gaganyaan definitely envisages the demonstration of human spaceflight capability to its maximum. However, ISRO launched the test flight on the second attempt after the first attempt was put on hold. Gaganyaan Test Vehicle- Demonstration launch was put on hold at T-00:05 seconds. Earlier, the lift-off attempt was put on hold because engine ignition could not happen in a nominal course. Gaganyaan TV-D1 is “In-flight Abort Demonstration of Crew Escape System (CES)” at Mach number 1.2 with newly developed Test Vehicle.
21 October,2023 01:31 PM IST | Mumbai
ISRO Chief S Somanath spoke to media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to assess the progress of the Gaganyaan Mission and outline the future of India's space exploration endeavors. Prime Minister Modi discussed various plans that have to be undertaken by ISRO to step up India's space program. Meanwhile, PM Modi chaired a high-level meeting to assess the progress of India’s Gaganyaan Mission. The high-level meeting was to outline the future of India’s space exploration endeavours.
18 October,2023 12:22 PM IST | Mumbai
Indian Space Research Organisation Chief S Somanath revealed that the space organisation has at least 4 to 5 upcoming launches, all scheduled to take place before January of next year.“Every month we will have at least one launch. Before January you will see at least 4 to 5 launches. It takes 110 days to travel from Earth to the L1 point. By the middle of January, we will reach the L1 point. At that point we will do insertion in the Lagrangian point,” said S Somanath. The ISRO chief also gave an insight on the upcoming Test Vehicle D1 mission is scheduled for 21st October. “Test vehicle D1 mission is scheduled for 21st October. The Gaganyaan programme requires testing, demonstrating the crew escape system. So, the crew escape system is a very critical system in Gaganyaan. If anything happens to the rocket, we have to save the crew by moving them away from the exploding rocket. This test is to demonstrate the crew escape system in one condition of the flight. The one condition we are demonstrating now is the transonic condition,” said S Somanath.
15 October,2023 12:47 PM IST
After Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya L-1 missions, ISRO is gearing up for Mission Gaganyaan. Gaganyaan is India’s first Human space flight mission aiming for safe transportation of astronauts to space and back. Now, ISRO is preparing for the Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) for Mission Gaganyaan. The test will also demonstrate the performance of the Crew Escape System. The first Crew Module for Gaganyaan test flight has taken its shape now. The Crew Module is where the astronauts are contained in a pressurized earthlike atmospheric condition. The last mission of ISRO was the solar mission Aditya-L1. ISRO launched its maiden solar mission ‘Aditya-L1’ on September 02 to study the Sun from point L1. The satellite will travel approximately 15 million km to reach the L1 point. Also, India successfully conducted Chandrayaan-3 mission when Vikram made a soft landing on South Pole of the Moon.
07 October,2023 04:43 PM IST | Mumbai
After the historic success of ‘Chandrayaan-3’ and ‘Aditya-L1’ Missions, ISRO continuing its space odyssey and is all set to launch the ‘Gaganyaan-1’ project. CTTC Bhubaneswar has almost completed the manufacturing of Precision tools and components for the project. CTTC Bhubaneswar also manufactured a large number of Precision tools and components for the ‘Chandrayaan-3’. With never rest attitude, ISRO is continuing to show its prowess in the space sector. For the ‘Gaganyaan-1’, a team of more than 120 Engineers and technicians manufactured the component for the Mission.
12 September,2023 12:15 PM IST | MumbaiADVERTISEMENT
