ISRO Plans Gaganyaan Mission's 1st Test Flight In February 2023: Report
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ISRO Gaganyaan Mission: At least 17 different tests are planned by ISRO next year before it carries out the unmanned space flight in December next year.
The Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO will start a series of test flights for India's maiden human space flight mission from February next year, a senior official told Press Trust of India today.
The space agency also plans to deploy the heavy lift Chinook helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft for testing the crew module, which will carry astronauts into the orbit for three days as part of the Gaganyaan human space flight mission, R Umamaheshwaran, Director of ISRO's Human Space Flight Centre said.
Addressing the India Space Congress in New Delhi, he said scientists at ISRO had completed the design of the Environment Control System, which will ensure ambient living conditions for astronauts in the crew service module when they are orbiting the earth.
At least 17 different tests are planned by ISRO next year before it carries out the unmanned space flight in December next year.
