ISRO’s new project the Gaganyaan mission, collaborated by many countries like Russia, Australia, France, will begin its testing from early February next year, informed R Umamaheswaran, director of the agency’s human spaceflight centre. Consisting of a crew module and an environment control system, the project will include at least 17 different tests, along with the Indian space brand using Chinook helicopters and C-17 Globemaster aircraft for the same. The team, having trained its astronauts in Russia, plans on completing their first human space flight by 2024-25.
