Gaganyaan is set to carry a crew of three highly-trained Indian astronauts into a low Earth orbit, approximately 400 kilometres above the planet s surface. This mission is designed to span three days and will culminate with a safe return to Earth via a controlled landing in Indian waters.
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The first test-vehicle mission of Gaganyaan, India's manned space mission, will start in a couple of months, said R Umamaheswaran, Director of ISRO's Human Space Flight Centre. This to check whether the crew can escape if required, whether landing can be done safely by parachute and the crew retrieved, etc., he said. He was speaking at the Bengaluru Space Expo at BIEC in