Long Years back, Indian astronaut Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma went to the space. He accomplished this while a cosmonaut aboard in a Russian spacecraft.

But India never sent anybody in its own spacecraft, so under the Gaganyaan project Gaganyaan, ISRO aims to send a three-person crew on a three-day voyage in a 400-kilometer orbit and bring them safely back to Earth. The team will touch down in the Indian Ocean on their return trip.

Several technical challenges must be overcome before the mission can be accomplished. The Gaganyaan expedition necessitates the creation of several crucial technologies, including a launch vehicle approved for human use.

It will require creating a life support system to provide an Earth-like environment for the crew in space, an emergency escape plan for the crew, and several other characteristics of crew management, such as crew training, recovery, and rehabilitation in space. Furthermore, the Indian Air Force selected four fighter pilots for the human-crewed space travel mission as potential crew members. The crew said they had got their initial training in Russia.

According to ISRO's website, several pre-Gaganyaan missions are in the works. Before launching humans into space, these missions serve as proof of concept for various stages of technological readiness. Flights of the Test Vehicle (TV) and the Integrated AirDrop Test (IADT) are examples of these demonstrator missions.

Before a human-crewed mission takes place, an uncrewed mission will demonstrate the system's safety and reliability.

As per reports, ISRO is planning to send a female-looking space-faring humanoid robot named Vyommitra on the first uncrewed Gaganyaan expedition before humans can travel to space.

Source: MoneyControl