Gaganyaan mission: Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration

Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching crew of 3 members to an orbit of 400 km for a 3 days mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters. The Gaganyaan project, which aims to launch three Indian astronauts into a 400-km Low Earth Orbit for a three-day mission and ensure their safe return via a splashdown in Indian waters, necessitates the development of several complex, human-rated systems. These milestones will culminate in India’s maiden human spaceflight in 2027, launching Indian astronauts into orbit aboard an Indian rocket from Indian soil. Calling it a “historic mission ,” Dr. Jitendra Singh underlined that the Gaganyaan programme goes far beyond scientific achievement. Gaganyaan is India’s first crewed space mission , undertaken by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). The mission aims to send Indian astronauts to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of 400 km for up to 3 days and return them safely.