Gaganyaan mission update crew will have 2 landing choices
GAGANYAAN MISSION UPDATE NEW DELHI: The country’s maiden manned mission to space, Gaganyaan , which is targeted to send two-three gagannauts to space for seven days, is set to have two landing site choices, a senior Isro official handling the mission said. The crew module will be splashing down near the Indian coast in 2023 after it returns from the week-long mission, and the Arabian Sea, which is comparatively calmer, is the primary choice though the Bay of Bengal is also being considered as a backup option, wrote Dr Unnikrishnan Nair S, director, Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), ISRO, Bengaluru, in an article ‘Indian Human Space Mission’ in a publication. While in orbit, the orbital module (OM) will be orbiting the Earth with a velocity of about 7,800 metre/second. The crew module, a habitat of astronauts, has an ablative thermal protection system (TPS) to protect it during the intense aerodynamic heating during the flight, Nair wrote. The orbital module will be launched ...