| Names |
INDIAN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
PROGRAMME (HSP) |
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Developer |
GAGANYAAN |
| General |
- HSP was created by ISRO to develop the technology needed
to launch crewed orbital spacecraft into low Earth orbit.
- The first crewed flight is planned with a spacecraft
called Gaganyaan for December 2021 on a home-grown GSLV-III
rocket.
- ISRO has already developed most of the technologies for
crewed flight and in 2018 it performed a Crew Module
Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment and a Pad Abort Test for the
mission.
- Aug 09, 2007: The then Chairman of the ISRO,
G. Madhavan Nair, indicated that ISRO was seriously
considering the creation of the HSP.
- The trials for crewed space missions began in 2007 with
the 600 kg Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE), launched
using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, that
safely returned to earth 12 days later.
- This followed with the Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry
Experiment in 2018, and the Pad Abort Test also in 2018.
- Oct 07, 2016: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Director K. Sivan stated that ISRO was gearing up to conduct
a critical 'crew bailout test' called ISRO Pad Abort Test to
see how fast and effectively the crew module could be
released safely in the event of an emergency.
- Jul 05, 2018: The bailout tests were
conducted successfully on this day at Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, Sriharikota.
- Aug 15, 2018: Having shown success in all
preliminary tests, the decisive push for the creation of the
HSP took place in 2017, and it was accepted and formally
announced by the Prime Minister on this day fom the ramparts
of the Red Fort.
- Sep 06, 2018: On this day, ISRO displayed a space suit
developed by the agency. The suit was displayed at the
launch of the sixth edition of Bengaluru Space Expo. It also
displayed the crew model and the crew escape model. A
prototype crew model has already been tested by ISRO.
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