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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to conduct an inflight abort test of the crew escape system (CES) for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission. The test vehicle, TV-D1, is a single-stage rocket developed to validate the CES performance at different critical Mach numbers. It will demonstrate the system in conditions such as high dynamic pressure and transonic conditions. The test vehicle could also be used for space tourism purposes, with the ability to take a crew module to 100km and back. The Gaganyaan project aims to send a crew of two to three members to a circular ...

ISRO is gearing up for the first abort test of the crew escape system for Gaganyaan, which will be the first crewed space mission undertaken by the Indian agency.

The crewed mission is planned based on the outcome of the successful test vehicle and the missions in which no crew is on board.

ISRO plans to undertake an inflight abort test of the crew escape system by the end of this month using a test vehicle developed as part of the country's ambitious maiden human spaceflight venture Gaganyaan.

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI