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 to low Earth
Simulated Crew Module (SCM) Structure Assembly
Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) splashdown at Bay of Bengal.
Maquette of human-rated LVM3 (HLVM3)
Long duration hot test of Vikas engine at ISRO Propulsion Complex.
Gaganyaan-4 also named as H1 will be the first crewed test flight of the Gaganyaan programme, with launch planned for Q1 2027.
Gaganyaan
…Operational launches List of operational Gaganyaan launches No. Mission Launch Landing Regime Launcher Crew / Cargo Duration Orbits Status Notes 1 Gaganyaan-4 (H1) NET 2027 Low Earth orbit HLVM3 TBD 7 days TBA Planned First crewed flight of Gaganyaan, carrying an Indian astronaut on a short orbital test flight…
India's initial astronaut corps at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, from left: Shukla, Nair, Krishnan and Prathap