Name: India completes critical test for Gaganyaan flight crewed by humanoid robot later this year
Uploaded: 2024-02-27T20:56:10-05:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: India is steadily inching toward the first uncrewed flight in its human spaceflight program, Gaganyaan (Sanskrit for “celestial vehicle”). Early last week, the nation’s space agency successfully completed the final test to qualify the test flight’s rocket engine, approving it to be capable of safely ferrying astronauts to space. This engine test was the seventh […]

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India completes critical test for Gaganyaan flight crewed by humanoid robot later this year

India is steadily inching toward the first uncrewed flight in its human spaceflight program, Gaganyaan (Sanskrit for “celestial vehicle”). Early last week, the nation’s space agency successfully completed the final test to qualify the test flight’s rocket engine, approving it to be capable of safely ferrying astronauts to space. This engine test was the seventh […]

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