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ISRO conducted recovery trial of Gaganyaan's 'well deck', know the plan for landing of astronauts
Gaganyaan: For India's first human mission Gaganyaan, ISRO has conducted 'well deck' recovery operation trials with the Indian Navy. Well-deck recovery trials of the crew module were conducted using a well-deck ship off the coast of Visakhapatnam at the Eastern Naval Command.
On Tuesday, ISRO said that it conducted a 'well deck' recovery trial of Gaganyaan with the Indian Navy on December 6. ISRO said in a statement that the tests were conducted at the Eastern Naval Command using a well deck ship off the coast of Visakhapatnam. During this, the well deck in the ship can be filled with water, as the space agency of India has been saying, so that the boats, landing craft, and recovered spacecraft can go inside the ship.
The space agency is aiming to send astronauts up to 400 km by 2025. A first batch of ISRO's 'Mission Gaganyaan' crew recovery team has been trained in various marine conditions by a team of naval divers and marine commandos at the Naval Water Survival Training Facility (WSTF) in Kochi. According to ISRO, the Gaganyaan project envisages a three-member crew for a three-day mission by launching them into an orbit of 400 km and landing in Indian sea waters. After this, they are envisaged to demonstrate human space flight capability by returning them safely to Earth.
ISRO said that the primary objective of this trial is to reduce the recovery time and to ensure minimum discomfort for the crew after the crew module lands in the sea. ISRO said that recovery trials will continue as part of the ongoing preparations for Gaganyaan.
