Prime Minister Narendra Modi said ISRO’s successful
launch of a test vehicle as part of its Gaganyaan Mission takes Bharat a step
closer to realising its first human space flight programme.
In a post on X, he said, “This launch takes us one
step closer to realising Bharat’s first human space flight program, Gaganyaan.
My best wishes to our scientists at ISRO.”
Overcoming initial hiccups, including a monitoring
anomaly, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched a
test vehicle with payloads related to the country’s ambitious human space
flight programme, Gaganyaan.
Scientists simulated an abort situation for the Crew
Escape System (CES) to carry the Crew Module out of the test vehicle, TV-D1, as
they made a splash into the Bay of Bengal with planned precision, setting off
jubilation among ISRO scientists at the Mission Control Center.
PTI
