ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre has successfully conducted Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests, an essential part of India's Gaganyaan project, at the Rail Track Rocket Sled facility in Chandigarh from August 8 to 10. During the three comprehensive tests conducted at the RTRS facility, a range of real-world scenarios were simulated to rigorously evaluate the performance and reliability of the drogue …
The Gaganyaan mission hopes to safely transport astronauts to Space and back. Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully conducted a series of tests on drogue parachutes, which would play a pivotal role in stabilising the crew module and reducing its velocity to a safe level during re-entry in the planned Gaganyaan human space flight mission. During the three comprehensive tests …