India’s first human space-flight mission, Gaganyaan, is expected to launch in 2024, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said recently. The government had planned a space flight for 2021, but the schedule was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A female-looking spacefaring humanoid robot will follow the first test flight. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has identified four fighter pilots as potential crew for the human space-flight mission.
According to a recent report by PTI, Gaganyaan, India’s first human space-flight mission is expected to be launched in 2024, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said. As mentioned earlier, the government had planned to start space-flight this year in 2021. The schedule was delayed due to the Kovid-19 pandemic.
A female-looking spacefaring humanoid robot – Vyom Mitra – is set to go into space after its maiden test-flight.
To commemorate, the IAF has identified four fighter pilots as crew for the upcoming space-flight mission. He has trained in Russia.
The plan is to release the spacecraft at an altitude of 15 km during which the astronauts will simulate the conditions of an abort. This will be done to ensure that the crew capsule returns to Earth using a parachute.
A second orbital test flight will take the Gaganyaan crew capsule to higher altitudes. A similar abortive scenario will occur again to complete the system.
