Gaganyaan Mission LIVE: The stakes are much higher this time because human lives will be involved.
Attempting to prepare for every possibility, which is now a part of its ethos, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will carry out an abort test for the human space mission, Gaganyaan, today.
A similar fail-safe approach had been taken for Chandrayaan-3 and had helped ISRO script history by making India the first country to land nearer the south pole of the Moon in August. The stakes, though, are much higher this time because the lives of humans will be involved.
Gaganyaan’s crew module escape system will be live tested from Sriharikota. This is the first of the 20 big tests that ISRO has planned for the near future. All in an effort to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target that ISRO sets up an Indian Space Station by 2035 and launch Indian astronaut to the Moon by 2040.
Here are the LIVE updates on Gaganyaan Mission Test Flight:
Get NDTV UpdatesTurn on notifications to receive alerts as this story develops.
#WATCH | Gaganyaan Mission | Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: School students gather at the viewing gallery as ISRO is set to launch its first test flight (TV-D1 Flight Test) today from the First launch pad at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota pic.twitter.com/iTLo6MBRcC
– ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2023
ISRO on Saturday rescheduled the launch of its maiden Test Vehicle for the Gaganyaan human space flight mission by 30 minutes from the spaceport here.
Test Vehicle D1 mission was scheduled for a lift-off from the first launch pad at 8 am which was revised to 8.30 am.
“The lift-off is rescheduled at 08:30 Hrs. IST,” an ISRO update on ‘X’ said. An announcement to this effect was also made at the Mission Control Centre.
While the reason for the change in timing was not known immediately, sources said it might be due to rainfall and cloudy weather conditions.
#WATCH | Visuals from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will conduct Gaganyaan’s First Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1).#Gaganyaanpic.twitter.com/rEMqTr9sJt
– ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2023
Mission Gaganyaan:
TV-D1 Test FlightThe countdown leading to the launch at 08:00 Hrs. IST on October 21, 2023, has commenced.
Brochure: https://t.co/2A5nlqEb2I#Gaganyaan
– ISRO (@isro) October 20, 2023
