Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made an announcement that the year 2020 would be the year for Chandrayaan-3 and Gaganyaan. ISRO Chairman, K Sivan also announced that 4 astronauts shortlisted for the Gaganyaan mission will be sent to Russia for training.
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ISRO chair, K Sivan stated that the configuration of Chandrayaan 3 will be identical to Chandrayaan 2 except for a few technical changes like a new detachable module to carry fuel. ISRO has received a nod from the government for the mission and its budget.
The cost of Chandrayaan 3 would be around Rs. 615 crores, comprising of Rs. 250 crores for shuttle and Rs. 365 crore for the launch. The cost of Chandrayaan 2 was Rs. 960 crore.
K Sivan also recalled the lessons learnt from Chandrayaan-2, the previous mission of ISRO to land on the dark side of the moon. This mission failed because of a failure in communication with the Vikram lander.
Ganganyaan will send a three-astronaut crew to space for a minimum of seven days. The short-listed 4 candidates will undergo medical check-up and space training in Russia at Glavoscos, a Russian Space Launch Agency.
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Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capability. In its maiden crewed mission, Indian Space Research Organisation’s largely autonomous 3.7-tonne capsule will orbit the Earth at 400 km altitude for up to seven days with a two or three-person crew on board. The crewed vehicle is planned to be launched on ISRO’s GSLV Mk III in December 2021. This HAL-manufactured crew module had its first un-crewed experimental flight on 18 December 2014. As of May 2019, design of the crew module has been completed. More Info
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