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Scientists at Isro know this and are working on a system that will save Indian astronauts in case the upcoming mission to send Indians to space fails in the moments after launch...
And so, Isro is set to conduct what is known as a 'pad abort test' that will trial an indigenously developed system tasked to save astronauts in case of an emergency while they are strapped in the spacecraft on the pad or in the moments after lift-off..
The Indian space agency conducted the first crew escape system test in 2018 and showed the ability of the technology to quickly pull the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance from the launch vehicle in the event of a launch abort...
A senior scientist at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre told indiatoday.in that in the last five years since the test the system has further been perfected and "we are planning to experiment crew escape system functioning from a thrusting vehicle at an altitude."..
The second is the High-Altitude Escape Motor (HEM), which will be fired between the altitudes of 17-80 kilometers in case of a snag with the launch, and the third is the Crew Escape System Jettisoning Motor (CJM), which will be activated above 80 kilometers to jettison the crew escape system as further exigency in the crew module will be managed by launch vehicle itself...
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