India News: NEW DELHI: While thousands witnessed the historic launch of India's third Moon mission, an Indigo passenger flying from Chennai to Dhaka had a special.
The historic launch of India s third Moon mission, Chandrayaan-3 on-board LVM3-M4 rocket has given a major fillip to the country s first human spaceflight programme as the same launch vehicle with human rated capability, would be used for the ambitious Gaganyaan mission.
The historic launch of India s third Moon mission, Chandrayaan-3 on-board LVM3-M4 rocket has given a major fillip to the country s first human spaceflight programme as the same launch vehicle with human rated capability, would be used for the ambitious Gaganyaan mission.
The Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation is busy working on its flagship project, Gaganyaan, which envisages the demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of three members to an orbit of 400kms for 3 days and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in sea waters.
For the Gaganyaan programme, LVM3 rocket is re-configured to meet the human rating requirements and has been christened as Human Rated LVM3 , ISRO said and it would be capable of launching the Orbital Module to an Low Earth Orbit of 400kms.