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We’re one step closer to launching Indians in space: Jitendra Singh
Updated On: 22 October, 2023 08:57 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
A single-stage liquid propulsion rocket, equipped with a crew module and crew escape system, lifted off from Sriharikota earlier on Saturday
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Crew module of ISRO’s TV-D1 test flight of Mission Gaganyaan splashing down into Bay of Bengal on Saturday. Pic/PTI
Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the successful test flight of the abort mission of the Gaganyaan project has set the stage for the remaining qualification tests and unmanned missions, which would lead to India’s first human spaceflight. “Well begun is half done,” said Singh, who is also the Minister of State for Space, as he congratulated ISRO on the success of the test vehicle development flight 1 (TV-D1) at the Sriharikota spaceport. A single-stage liquid propulsion rocket, equipped with a crew module and crew escape system, lifted off from Sriharikota earlier on Saturday.
The payloads later splashed into the sea as planned, a development that was welcomed with loud cheers at the mission control centre. “Today’s event has paved the way for a series of tests of systems and procedures with the aim to ultimately launch an Indian astronaut in Space, possibly around the year 2025,” Singh said in a statement. Human safety is of paramount importance in the Gaganyaan mission, the minister said, adding that the test flight validated the capability to move the crew to safety in case of adverse conditions soon after the launch.
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