Key Takeaways
- ISRO’s Test Vehicle D1 mission validated key systems for the upcoming crewed Gaganyaan flight.
- Both the Andhra Pradesh Governor and the Chief Minister publicly praised the achievement.
- The successful test brings India closer to sending humans to a 400 km low‑earth orbit.
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Governor Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully accomplishing the Test Vehicle D1 mission, the first test for the Gaganyaan human space flight mission, on Saturday.
In a message here, Justice Nazeer said that the nation is proud of ISRO achievement of successfully completing the test vehicle mission as a predecessor to the Gaganyaan programme, which aims to send humans into space on a Low Earth Orbit of 400 kms and bring them safely back to the Earth, and wished them all success in their future missions.
The Chief Minister congratulated ISRO team for the successful start to Mission Gaganyaan accomplishing the Test Vehicle Flight TV D1.
Amplifying the space technology, ISRO is moving into the orbit of greater heights, Reddy said.
