A space suit designed for India’s future space missions was displayed on Thursday by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The space suit was put on display on the occasion of the launch of the sixth edition of Bengaluru Space Expo. Over the past two years, the orange-colored prototype space suit was developed at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.
The suit can hold one oxygen cylinder to facilitate an astronaut to be able to breathe in space for about 60 minutes.
Until now, ISRO has developed two suits and another one is in the process of making and the mission to send Indians into space on an Indian spacecraft by 2022 will have three astronauts. A crew model and crew escape model were displayed by the space research body. The agency has already tested a prototype of a crew model.
The three astronauts will be living in the crew model capsule for up to five to seven days in an orbit which will be 400 km from the Earth’s surface. The capsule will also come with a thermal shield that will become a ball of flame while the capsule enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
The shield will protect the capsule by maintaining the temperature inside the capsule at 25 degree Celsius, but the astronauts will be able to see the flames just through the window.
The capsule will be set on an orbital path around the Earth to rotate for every 90 minutes and due to this, astronauts will be able to see sunrise and sunset.
The three astronauts onboard will be able to see India from space twice every 24 hours and they will carry on experiments on microgravity.
The expertise from the French space agency CNES will help in sharing their expertise in the fields of space medicine, astronaut health monitoring, radiation protection, life support, space debris protection, and personal hygiene system.
The total time that the capsule carrying three astronauts will be 16 minutes from take-off to reach the desired orbit 400-km from Earth and while returning it will take a total of 36 minutes to reach Earth.
The capsule returning path will be the Arabian Sea to make its landing in it. The location will be somewhat nearer to the coast of Gujarat where Indian Navy and Coast Guards will be on standby mode to lift the capsule as soon as it lands on water.
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