{"id":16467,"date":"2023-10-21T13:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T13:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/india-completes-crucial-test-in-crewed-space-mission-after-delay-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T13:50:05","slug":"india-completes-crucial-test-in-crewed-space-mission-after-delay-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/india-completes-crucial-test-in-crewed-space-mission-after-delay-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"India completes crucial test in crewed space mission after delay | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India on Saturday completed a key test in its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan, hours after halting the planned lift-off, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.<\/p>\n

“Reason for the launch hold is identified and corrected,” ISRO posted on X, the platform formerly called Twitter. “Crew Escape System performed as intended. Mission Gaganyaan gets off on a successful note.”<\/p>\n

The agency did not specify the cause of the delay.<\/p>\n

The launch had been set for 8 a.m. (0230 GMT) but could not initially be completed. It was successfully completed at 10 a.m., ISRO said.<\/p>\n

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The Gaganyaan mission is aimed at developing a human-habitable space capsule that will carry a three-member crew into an orbit of 400 km (250 miles) for three days, before splashing down in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n

ISRO has said it would explore ways to achieve a sustained human presence in space once Gaganyaan is completed.<\/p>\n

About 90 billion Indian rupees ($1 billion) has been allocated for the mission, which follows the agency’s historic landing of its Chandrayaan-3 craft on the lunar south pole.<\/p>\n

The Gaganyaan mission has been expected to launch from the country’s main spaceport in Sriharikota before 2024, although a schedule had not been announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n