ISRO Successfully Conducts Gaganyaan's Maiden Developmental Test Flight: PICS

Mission Gaganyaan: ISRO on Saturday successfully conducted its first developmental test flight for India's ambitious mission Gaganyaan and tested crew module escape system.

ISRO conducts first test flight of Gaganyaan mission crew module.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the first uncrewed flight mission of the Gaganyaan programme on October 21, 2023, at 10:00 am IST. (Image Credit: ISRO)

Known as Test Vehicle Development Flight (TV-D1) or Test Vehicle Abort Flight, the mission, carrying an uncrewed Crew Module and a Crew Escape System, took off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. (Image Credit: ISRO)