“Today’s exercise tested the performance of the Crew Escape System on the Crew Module of the Gaganyaan mission. Basically, it tested the safety mechanism that will allow the crew of the Gaganyaan mission to escape the spacecraft in case the mission is aborted due to a malfunction,” Singh said. Crew Module (CM) is the habitable space with earth-like environment in space for the crew. Service Module will be used for providing necessary support to the crew module while in orbit, he said.

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As part of the Gaganyaan human space flight, India plans to take up to three astronauts to an orbit 400 Km above earth and bring them back safely. Singh said Saturday’s test flight was a critical step in ISRO’s journey to launch a crewed human spacecraft as part of the Gaganyaan mission. “Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s space programme is aiming for its first manned mission to Space and later landing the first Indian astronaut to the moon,” he said. Singh said the PM has directed that India should now aim for new and ambitious goals such as setting up the ‘Bharatiya Antariksha Station’ (Indian Space Station) by 2035 and sending the first Indian to the moon by 2040.

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