Gaganyaan mission successful as ‘crew escape module’ lands in Bengal Sea

ISRO today successfully launched the Gaganyaan mission. The Indian space agency accomplished a part of the mission’s objective to test the Crew Escape System.

Mission Gaganyaan

TV D1 Test Flight is accomplished.

Crew Escape System performed as intended.

Mission Gaganyaan gets off on a successful note. @DRDO_India@indiannavy#Gaganyaan

— ISRO (@isro) October 21, 2023

Visuals of the crew escaping from the rocket have been shared by ISRO where we can see that the ‘crew escape module’ successfully touched down in the Bay of Bengal.

#WATCH | Gaganyaan's test flight successfully tests the crew escape module. The module touched down in the Bay of Bengal

(Video source: ISRO) pic.twitter.com/wG5qQUrK9O

— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2023

Gaganyaan mission

The first uncrewed test flight (TV-D1 Flight Test) took off from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 21.

The launch was scheduled for 8:00 a.m. today, however, the process got delayed due to bad weather and a few technical glitches. The launch was also put on hold for 5 seconds after the delay due to errors in the launch process.

The Indian Space Agency then said that all the errors were identified and corrected following which the launch was scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

This is a milestone for India as it demonstrates that the country has the capability to send humans into space.