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India To Develop 3-Seater Spacecraft
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 10, 2009 India plans to develop a space vehicle that can carry up to three astronauts in the seven-day manned mission to space, Indian Space Research Organization chairman G. Madhavan Nair said on Monday. "Concept is getting evolved," Nair, also secretary in the Department of Space, said while addressing an international seminar. The ISRO is looking at developing a capsule (spacecraft) with service module which can accommodate three astronauts and take it to lower earth orbit using the indigenous GSLV (Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle) in the year 2015, he said. Mission duration is seven days. There would also be emergency mission abort and crew rescue provisions in case of necessity. Crew module would be designed for re-entry and service module for mission management, Nair said. He said the GSLV-Mk III, which can launch four tonne class satellites, would bring down the launch cost by half. The maiden flight of GSLV-Mk III is slated for next year. On the recent Chandrayaan-1 moon mission, Nair said instruments on board have thrown up voluminous data which would take a few years for scientists to analyse and come out with concrete results. Entire mapping of the lunar surface is expected to be carried out in a year's time, he said, adding, there is no trace of water on moon so far.
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