HAL delivers crew module for human space flight to ISRO

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) today announced that it has handed over the first "Crew Module Structural Assembly" for the "Human Spaceflight Program" to Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram of ISRO in Bangalore, recently.

The first crew module will be equipped with systems necessary for crew support, navigation, guidance and control systems by ISRO for experimentation in the forthcoming GSLV-MK3 launch. "HAL takes pride in space programmes and our aerospace division has produced this crew module in a record time to meet the requirements of ISRO," said R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL.

Earlier, the HAL contributed to space programmes such as 'ISRO's Mars Mission' by providing satellite structure, propellant tankages and supplied 13 types of riveted structural assemblies, seven types of welded propellant tankages including the cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen tanks and cryogenic stage structures for GSLV D5.