Gaganyaan

 

                The major mandate of HSFC is to lead ISRO's Gaganyaan program through coordinated efforts and to focus all activities carried out in other ISRO centers, research labs in India, Indian academics, and industries on achieving the objective. In pursuing R&D activities in new technological fields such as life support systems, Human Factors Engineering, Bioastronautics, Crew training, and Human rating and certification, HSFC, as the principal Centre for Human space flight activities, adheres to high reliability and human safety standards. These regions would be crucial for future sustained human space travel activities such as rendezvous and docking, space station construction, and interplanetary collaborative manned missions to the Moon/Mars and near-Earth asteroids.

Gaganyaan

              The Gaganyaan project aims to demonstrate human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of three people into a 400-kilometer orbit for a three-day trip and safely returning them to Earth by landing in Indian sea waters.

           The project is carried out using an ideal strategy that takes into account in-house expertise, Indian industry experience, intellectual capabilities of Indian academia and research institutes, and cutting-edge technology available from international agencies. The Gaganyaan mission requires the development of many critical technologies, including a human-rated launch vehicle capable of safely transporting crew to space, a Life Support System capable of providing an earth-like environment to the crew in space, crew emergency escape provision, and evolving crew management aspects for crew training, recovery, and rehabilitation.

              Before carrying out the real Human Space Flight mission, several precursor flights are planned to demonstrate the Technology Preparedness Levels. Integrated AirDrop Test (IADT), Pad Abort Test (PAT), and Test Vehicle (TV) flights are among the demonstrator missions. All systems' safety and reliability will be demonstrated in unmanned missions preceding the manned trip.

HLVM3 includes a Crew Escape System (CES) driven by a series of quick-acting, high-burn rate solid motors that transport the Crew Module and crew to a safe distance in the event of an emergency on the launch pad or during the ascent phase.

The Orbital Module