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here some more info

The GSLV-II is the launch vehicle that has been selected for manned missions.
The manned mission will try to develop the fully autonomous three-ton orbit vehicle spaceship
to carry only two member crew to orbit for 7 day
and rendezvous and docking capability with space stations or orbital platform.
India goes for ISS ?

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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=31344308&postcount=557
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1845686167863238871
View: https://twitter.com/chethan_dash/status/1845686167863238871


Further, Isro is hoping the achieve at least 2 — second test vehicle demonstration (#TVD2) and first uncrewed mission (#G1) of #Gaganyaan — by the end of 2024, while work on integrated air-drop test (#IADT) and pad abort test (#PAT) is also progressing.

“For G1, the rocket has reached the spaceport. Both S200s (boosters) are ready while the L110 (Vikas engine) arrived three months ago. The launch vehicle will carry a new cryo stage, the C-32 and not the C-25 which is a longer and different version…

…That stage is being made for the first time for Gaganyaan. Last week (of Sept) it went through the entire propellant loading mock-up — it was taken to the launchpad, did all the filling trials and brought back,” Somanath said.

He said Isro was ready with the rocket fully. The crew module is in the integration — propulsion and mechanical systems — phase at VSSC & service module wiring is going on at URSC. “So, items are coming now. Crew escape system is ready and moved to the spaceport,” he added.

Reiterating that #G1 would carry #Vyomitra, the half-humanoid, Somanath said the mission will also carry an unpressurized engineering model of the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS).

“We have a different design to test it. One seat will have Vyomitra and one will have ECLSS. That’s the mass simulation model,” he said. He emphasised that work is progressing simultaneously on G1, TV-D2, the Pad Abort Test (PAT), and the Integrated Air-Drop Test (IADT).
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A Larsen & Toubro video about their involvement in ISRO's manned spaceflight program. Not very focused but some useful information and glimpses into production facilities and hardware; solid propellant motors, crew escape system for Gaganyaan.

View: https://youtu.be/2KntW79xhxw


Website:

https://www.lntpes.com/our-offerings/aerospace-systems/space/
I also inspected ISRO's own channel and the latest video about their manned spaceflight efforts is from six months ago. Quite comprehensive, vehicles, validation, missions up and until Bharatiya Antariksh Station or BAS (construction 2028 - 2035) and a manned moon mission in 2040.

View: https://youtu.be/dE9_agbvZ74
 
I suggest attaching images in addition to a Twitter link. If somebody deletes that link, it disappears from this site as well. I've seen news articles that are filled with Twitter posts in the body text and only a week or more later many of those links are dead and the info is missing from the article.

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blackstar said:
I suggest attaching images in addition to a Twitter link. If somebody deletes that link, it disappears from this site as well. I've seen news articles that are filled with Twitter posts in the body text and only a week or more later many of those links are dead and the info is missing from the article
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I support this. I'd rather that everybody went one step further. Get the image and info from a social media post, post the as such, credit the source but do not include a direct link at all. At least there should be an option to link to social media in pure web address form only. I've begun to regard any and all embedded social media antithetical and pretty ruinous to message board usability and ethos in general.
 
Uhm what's with the leg positions? That not only looks uncomfortable but unsafe as well?

Randy
 
I'll call Ralph Nader.

Seriously though, a lightweight screen to swing to the side wouldn't kneecap anyone

In the past, astronauts often had to reach "up" perhaps fighting against acceleration.

Some cranes have control pads on cables. Perhaps something like that in a pilots lap where a stiff button facing the zenith can be depressed inward--not requiring arm raising at all for some functions.
 
RanulfC said:
Uhm what's with the leg positions? That not only looks uncomfortable but unsafe as well?
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publiusr said:
Seriously though, a lightweight screen to swing to the side wouldn't kneecap anyone
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I do believe that that posture is used by the Soyuz (Union) spacecraft.
 
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NMaude said:
I do believe that that posture is used the Soyuz (Union) spacecraft.
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Brett Davidson said:
Indeed. Counter-intuitive perhaps, but that's what they use. The posture is optimised for shock absorption in case of a rough landing.

https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/collections/categories/space-oddities/kazbek-u-shock-absorbing-couch/
https://airandspace.si.edu/collecti...ity-kazbek-u-norman-thagard/nasm_A19970070000
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Thanks, it is counter-intuitive but in context makes sense

Randy
 
Just looking at that will give you a hamstring...
--only kidney stones hurt worse--I've had both.
 

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