After returning from a week-long mission, the crew module will land near the Indian coast in 2023, and Arabian Sea, which is comparatively quieter, although the primary option is Bay of Bengal Dr Unnikrishnan wrote, Also being considered as a backup option nair S., Director, Human Space Flight Center (HSFC), ISRO, Bengaluru, in an article ‘Indian Human Space Mission’ in a publication.
While in orbit, the Orbital Module (OM) will be in orbit Earth With a velocity of about 7,800 m/s. The crew module, housing the astronauts, has an ablative thermal protection system (TPS) to protect it during intense aerodynamic heating during flight, Nair wrote. The orbital module will be launched by a manned-rated GSLV MK-III vehicle.
For Gaganyaan, the four selected Gaganauts have undergone normal space flight training in Russia for about 15 months and will now undergo training at the Astronaut Training Facility being set up in Bengaluru. The crew will undergo weightlessness training by flying in a special aircraft through a parabolic trajectory that will give a weightlessness duration of 25 to 30 seconds. To familiarize the rescuers with adverse conditions, they must undergo special survival training in sea, snow, mountain and desert conditions.
Before the final manned mission, ISRO plans to send a ‘Vyommitra’ (a human-like robot) into space in two unmanned missions, one of which is likely to be launched around this year.
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