The ISRO, last week, conducted another key test towards preparing for the launch of the country’s first human spaceflight mission — a test to check whether the crew module can remain stable if there is a delay in one of the main parachutes opening up. Instead of dropping a dummy crew module along with the complete 10-parachute system, the space agency used a platform of mass equivalent to the crew module along with three parachutes for the test conducted on November 3 at Babina Field Firing Range (BFFR), Jhansi, a press statement from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

An IL 76 aircraft dropped the platform from a height of 2.5 km for the test, the statement added.

This test was meant to validate the parachute system even in possible extreme scenarios. The scenario chose

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