ISRO receives crew module for Gaganyaan mission

This crew module will likely be used for varied missions like take a look at automobile mission, the place the crew escape system will likely be validated together with the validation of varied subsystems of the crew module, said ISRO.

ISRO acquired Simulated Crew Module (SCM) Structure Assembly for the Gaganyaan undertaking. (Twitter/@isro)

By India Today Science Desk: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday acquired the Simulated Crew Module (SCM) Structure Assembly for the Gaganyaan undertaking. The SCM is an unpressurised crew module the place the interfaces of main methods like parachute methods and pyros are simulated.

The form and out of doors mildew line of the module acquired are stated to have simulated as per the crewed mission configuration. The SCM, which is for use within the crewed mission by ISRO is a pressurised capsule and can accommodate astronauts through the Gaganyaan mission.

This first indigenous simulated crew module is developed by the VSSC and realised by Hyderabad’s Manjira Machine Builders Pvt Ltd.

As said by the ISRO, this crew module will likely be used for varied missions like take a look at automobile mission, the place the crew escape system will likely be validated together with the validation of varied subsystems of the crew module.

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Director of VSSC Dr S Unnikrishnan Nair stated to have acquired the module from Managing Director of Manjira Machine Builders Ch VN Sai Prakash, in a ceremony held at Manjira Machine Builders Pvt Ltd Campus in Hyderabad.

As per info, Chairman of ISRO/Secretary and Department of Space S Somanath, and Director of Human Space Flight Centre, HSFC Dr R Umamaheswaran have been nearly current on the occasion.