India’s human space mission’s first abort mission with test rocket in May 2023: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

10:00:00 AM, Thursday 16th of March 2023 | in miscellaneous

The first of the four abort missions using test vehicles or test rockets for India's human space mission - Gaganyaan- is planned in May 2023, the Parliament was told on Wednesday. "The first test vehicle mission, TV-D1, is planned in May 2023, followed by the second test vehicle TV-D2 mission and first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan (LVM3-G1) in the first quarter of 2024," Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said.