Overview
- ISRO’s Gaganyaan team, which executed the second Integrated Air Drop Test on Friday, released a 5.7‑tonne mock crew module from an Indian Air Force Chinook at roughly 3 kilometers over the Bay of Bengal.
- Ten parachutes of four types deployed in a planned sequence in under 90 seconds, slowing the capsule for a controlled sea landing that Indian Navy teams recovered.
- Officials said the exercise met all objectives by proving the crew module’s parachute‑based deceleration and end‑to‑end recovery in realistic conditions, a core safety step for human return to Earth.
- The campaign now moves to more system tests and three uncrewed flights, including one with the humanoid Vyomitra, before a crewed mission that government statements target for 2027.
- The landing system is indigenously developed and designed with redundancy, where two main parachutes are sufficient and a third adds backup so a safe splashdown is possible even if one chute fails.