The Hindu·3 min read·medium
How the Gaganyaan crew module is built to survive
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Unnikrishnan Nair S.
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The article details the engineering design of India's Gaganyaan crew module, focusing on its ability to survive the extreme conditions of atmospheric re-entry. It explains the two-module configuration and compares it to international standards like the Russian Soyuz and Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft.
Gaganyaan is India’s maiden crewed space mission, designed to carry Indian astronauts to space and safely return them back to earth. Here, the rocket — Human-rated Launch Vehicle Mark (HLVM) 3 — will inject the orbital module (OM) into the desired orbit. The Gaganyaan astronauts will be onboard the OM.
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