Gaganyan test flight successful: PM Modi congratulates ISRO

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the success of Gaganyaan test flight mission.

“This launch takes us one step closer to realising India’s first human space flight program, Gaganyaan. My best wishes to our scientists at ISRO,” PM Modi said in a post on X.

PM Modi statement came after the ISRO on Saturday successfully flight tested the crew escape system, crew module that would carry the country's astronauts sometime in 2025.
ISRO's posted saying "Mission Gaganyaan. TV D1 Test Flight is accomplished. Crew Escape System performed as intended. Mission Gaganyaan gets off on a successful note.", in social media X.

Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said, “Kudos ISRO, for successfully accomplishing maiden Test Vehicle Flight TV-D1. This is the first step in the last leg of journey towards India’s Crewed Human Spacecraft mission Gaganyaan. In the enabling milieu provided by PM Narendra Modi, ISRO achieving one success after the other and the next important one is the Gaganyaan.”