Indian Human Spaceflight Program (HSP)

[Indx TechStyle]

....................................................................................................................................

Nice, did you edit it yourself?

 

[kurup]

Nice, did you edit it yourself?

I think this was from a ISRO presentation ,

https://zeenews.india.com/photos/in...an-astronaut-to-space-by-2022-2136815/2136816

 

[Indx TechStyle]

IAM in talks with ISRO to provide medical support to Gaganyaan

 

[Indx TechStyle]

For clarification @chetan chopade asked for earlier. T'was life support system essentially.
Institute of Aerospace Medicine ties up with ISRO for life-support system

 

[Indx TechStyle]

ISRO gives IAF task to train 10 astronauts for Gaganyaan

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Gaganyaan’s review panel to meet in March

An ISRO launch in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: B_JOTHI RAMALINGAM
Madhumathi D.S.
BENGALURU, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 22:46 IST
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 16, 2019 12:13 IST
Indian Space Research Organisation to share mission details to stakeholders.

A national review committee on Gaganyaan is slated to meet for the first time here on March 5 and 6 and comprehensively scan the contours of the first Indian human mission to space.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) wants to unveil the human mission’s details to stakeholders from multiple agencies, and also keep the nation in the loop about the prestigious mission, K.Sivan, ISRO Chairman and Secretary, Department of Space, said. He added, “It should also give us the confidence that we are on the right track with such a humongous project.”

The broad-based review committee may have around 100 experts and scientists related to all aspects of the ₹10,000-crore human mission, it is learnt.

The committee will also be briefed on March 6 on the lunar lander and rover mission, Chandrayaan-2, which may take place around April.

Back in November 2004, ISRO had first brainstormed a crewed mission at a similar gathering of nearly 100 experts in Bengaluru.

In full swing

Agreements and programmes planned with the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will start taking shape from now on, Dr. Sivan told The Hindu. “Gaganyaan-related activities are in full swing,” he said, under the newly formed Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) and a dedicated project team.

Humans in space

Gaganyaan was announced on August 15, 2018 as a marquee mission for the 75th year of Independence. It is slated to take place at a ‘near-Earth’ distance of 400 km.

Before that, two unmanned trial flights with human-friendly capsules are to be flown in 2020, carrying a few micro-gravity experiments.

Dr. Sivan said ISRO recently submitted to the IAF a set of requirements on selecting and training prospective Indian space travellers. The IAF would come back with details of its facilities. “In order to have three flight-ready finalists as crew, we need to give astronaut training to at least ten [eligible] persons,” he said.

The astronauts will be mainly trained at the IAF’s Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Bengaluru.

The area of Environment Control and Life Support Systems (ELCSS) is said to be the most important for making the capsule habitable for astronauts. The life sciences labs of the DRDO work in this area.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Design changes may delay ISRO’s manned space mission
DRDO is involved in developing a few products for ISRO for the programme.

Pics: Pushkar V/IAF’s Sarang aerobatics team flying the ALH Dhruv at Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru on Friday

BENGALURU: Even as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is pushing for completion of the human space programme by the end of 2021, design changes required for the project might delay it further, say scientists at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

DRDO is involved in developing a few products for ISRO for the programme. “While the initial proposal for India’s programme involved only two astronauts, the recent announcement indicates that three people will be involved in the programme. In order to accommodate one more person, several design adjustments will have to be made to ensure the success of the programme,” a DRDO scientist, under the condition of anonymity, said.

Another scientist added that one of the products of DRDO that will be used by ISRO will be the parachute for decelerating the crew module in which the astronauts will fly. “While the initial design of this was for two people inside the crew, now adjustments have to be made to ensure that the parachute is compatible with the new weight of the crew module. Several adjustments, such as increasing the diameters of the parachutes used or adding a new parachute, have to be made to ensure the crew module lands safely,” said a senior scientist at DRDO.

Other agencies involved in the programme will also have to alter the models they had developed for the human space programme in the past, which might result in slight delays in the implementation of the programme and its first flight.

However, ISRO is confident of completing the programme by 2021. ISRO chairman K Sivan had recently questioned why India couldn’t complete the manned space mission by 2021 in the 21st century, while Russia (or undivided USSR) had executed the same in four years in 1957.

 

[Jackd]

Design changes may delay ISRO’s manned space mission
DRDO is involved in developing a few products for ISRO for the programme.

Pics: Pushkar V/IAF’s Sarang aerobatics team flying the ALH Dhruv at Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru on Friday

I hope it doesn't happen. Besides, ISRO had confidently stated that they will manage to prepare everything before 2020.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

I hope it doesn't happen. Besides, ISRO had confidently stated that they will manage to prepare everything before 2020.

I don't care even if it does. It's our choice to test bigger module taking more time or do fly earlier and later develop bigger module.

Our ultimate goal is a big space habitation module like Skylab or Tiangong-1 till 2030 and full space station in next 20 years.

I'm happy because its happening now otherwise program was stuck until 2018.

 

[chetan chopade]

I hope it doesn't happen. Besides, ISRO had confidently stated that they will manage to prepare everything before 2020.

is it just me or the statement by this DRDO official does not make any sense!
ISRO's human spaceflight program planning has been in process for more than a decade. They got funding for developing "basic technologies" for the same even before PM Modi's announcement last August. That is why we saw LVM/ CARE module suborbital flight test and PAD ABORT test before the announcement. I am sure that they were planning all of this considering a crew of three from the very beginning.

 

[Jackd]

is it just me or the statement by this DRDO official does not make any sense!
ISRO's human spaceflight program planning has been in process for more than a decade. They got funding for developing "basic technologies" for the same even before PM Modi's announcement last August. That is why we saw LVM/ CARE module suborbital flight test and PAD ABORT test before the announcement. I am sure that they were planning all of this considering a crew of three from the very beginning.

Maybe, they decided to add one more member later on. Initially it maybe that DRDO was just testing the tech and did not have a coherent road map before them. After the number was finalized they then decided to just scale it up to match the new requirements.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

I'm wondering, how about this guy being first Vyomanaut/Gaganaut?

 

[kurup]

I'm wondering, how about this guy being first Vyomanaut/Gaganaut?
View attachment 32895

Nope .... He is already a hero .... We need more heroes :biggrin2:

 

[AnantS]

I'm wondering, how about this guy being first Vyomanaut/Gaganaut?
View attachment 32895

I hope his back is ok and did not suffer any compression/injury from ejection and he can actively return back to duty.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Jalandhar professor Dr Nagla to be part of ISRO space robotics experiment

 

[Indx TechStyle]

https://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/indias-solar-exploration-probes.77401/#post-1524954

Sivan added that the design phase for India's human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan has been completed and is set to be launched before 2022.

So, I'm desperately waiting for launch date for IDRSS series now.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

MoU signed between ISRO and IAF for cooperation in crew selection and training for Gaganyaan Project



​

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Jun 08, 2019
First Meeting of Gaganyaan National Advisory Council

Today, June 8, 2019, the first meeting of Gaganyaan National Advisory Council was held at ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru chaired by Dr. K Sivan, Secretary, Department of Space.

The meeting was attended by Dr K Kasturirangan, Honorary Distinguished Advisor, ISRO, Prof K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India,Dr B N Suresh, Honorary Distinguished Professor, ISRO, Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary Defence R&D, Chairman, DRDO, Dr Shekhar C Mande, Secretary DSIR, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Prof Anurag Kumar, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Shri R Madhavan, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Wing Cdr. (Rtd) Rakesh Sharma, Former Indian Astronaut, Air Vice Marshal R G K Kapoor, Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Space), Rear Admiral D S Gujarl, Asst Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy, Inspector General KR Suresh TM, Deputy Director General (Operations and Coastal Security) Indian Coast Guard.

During the meeting, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, Director, Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), ISRO, made a presentation on the overall project status of Gaganyaan, covering technical details as well as collaboration with various national stake holders.

The council deliberated in detail on various aspects of Gaganyaan and appreciated the efforts made in this regard in the fast track mode and Institutional mechanisms put in place by ISRO. It stressed the need for setting priorities at various National Institutions including Industries to accomplish Gaganyaan. Many essential aspects of Gaganyaan, especially the life support systems and crew selection and training, were discussed in detail. In the end, the council emphasised the urgent need for further accelerating the efforts to realise Gaganyaan in a very demanding time frame of December 2021 amidst formidable challenges.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Bengaluru: Rakesh Sharma attends Gaganyaan review
Today was the first and introductory meeting of the National Advisory Council (the highest body to review 'Gaganyaan' programme).

Dr Sivan said post the MoU with the IAF, the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) would invite applications from prospective crew members and start the process of selection and training shortly. (Photo: PTI)

Bengaluru: On Saturday, the first Indian to journey into outer space, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma (Retd), was among the Who's Who of Indian science, engineering and the armed forces, to get a first-hand account of the feverish activities underway at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to accomplish an outing into space by an Indian crew before December 2021. The Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Bengaluru is all set to commence selection and training of crew members soon.

"Today was the first and introductory meeting of the National Advisory Council (the highest body to review 'Gaganyaan' programme). We plan to meet again after three months, instead of six months as originally planned, as we must be ready for the crew's flight into space before 2022," Dr K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO, told Deccan Chronicle at the end of the meeting.

Members of the advisory council witnessed a presentation on the status of the Rs 10,000 crore programme by Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, Director, Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), ISRO. He explained about collaborations with national laboratories, public sector units, and the armed forces, in particular the Indian Air Force (IAF). Several critical aspects of 'Gaganyaan' such as the life support systems and crew selection and training were discussed by the experts. They spoke of the need for setting priorities for various laboratories, R&D facilities, and the industries to accomplish the programme on schedule.

Dr Sivan said post the MoU with the IAF, the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) would invite applications from prospective crew members and start the process of selection and training shortly.

Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India, Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Chairman, DRDO, Dr Shekhar C Mande, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Prof Anurag Kumar, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Mr R Madhavan, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). Air Vice Marshal R G K Kapoor, Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Space), Rear Admiral D S Gujarl, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy, Inspector General KR Suresh TM, Deputy Director General (Operations and Coastal Security) Indian Coast Guard, and Dr K Kasturirangan, former chairman, ISRO, were the other members of the advisory council who participated in the meeting in Bengaluru today.

Chandrayaan to be launched on July 15

India's second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-II, will be launched on July 15 by>a GSLV-MkIII rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota Range. A combo of an orbiter, a lander named 'Vikram (after the late Dr Vikram Sarabhai), and a rover christened 'Pragyan', it will cruise through outer space for two months before entering into an orbit around the earth's nearest astral neighbour. The lander-rover will touch down on the Moon, close to the South Pole, in the first week of September to probe the lunar surface as well as carryout experiments. In all, 13 instruments (eight on the orbiter, three on the lander, and two on the rover) along with one from NASA (a laser retro-reflector array or LRA) will be carried onboard Chandrayaan-II, according to sources in ISRO.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Gaganyaan mission: IAF to pick 10 potential astronauts in 2 months, ISRO chief says

HIGHLIGHTS

• Air Force will screen and select 10 potential crew members for India's first manned space mission in two months
• Isro chairman K Sivan said that the space agency will choose the final three astronauts from the ten people who the IAF would train
• India's first manned space mission is slated for early 2021

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will “screen and select 10 potential crew members for the country’s first manned space mission in two months”. Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman K Sivan told TOI that the space agency will choose the final three astronauts from the ten people who the IAF would train.

The Isro chief said, “We have an agreement with the IAF for crew training at Isro’s Human Space Flight Centre in Bengaluru. IAF will screen around 10 crew members for the mission. This screening and selection will happen within one to two months. Isro will finally choose three members from these 10 crew members for the human spaceflight mission.”

Preparations for the country’s first manned mission to space are in full swing as Isro recently held its first meeting of the national advisory council (NAC), where representatives of all organisations and institutes involved in the Gaganyaan project participated. The agency also tested CE-20 engine, meant for the upper stage of human-rated GSLV MK-III, which will be carrying Indian astronauts to space.

Speaking to TOI, Sivan said, “In the NAC meet on June 8, Air Vice-Marshal R G K Kapoor, assistant chief of air staff operations (space), Rear Admiral D S Gujarl, assistant chief of naval staff, Defence Research and Development Organisation director G Satheesh Reddy, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited chairman and managing director R Madhavan and veterans of different institutes attended the meeting. All these agencies will play crucial roles in the mission. Whilel the IAF will handle crew selection and training, DRDO will provide the life support system for crew and Navy will help in recovering the human capsule once it re-enters the atmosphere and splashes down in sea.”

The Isro chairman said the meeting, also attended by former Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma, discussed the overall plan, including crew training. “The NAC is mandated to meet once in six months to review the preparedness of the mission (scheduled to be launched before or by 2021). But we have decided to initially hold the review meeting once in three months in order to streamline the process,” he said.

On the Chandrayaan-2 mission, Sivan said “the integration of GSLV Mk III has been going on at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota for quite some time. However, the lunarcraft will be on display at Bengaluru’s U R Rao Satellite Centre for the media for the next two days before being taken to Sriharikota for integration with the GSLV rocket”.