THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A training session was conducted in Kochi to bring expertise as part of India's first human spaceflight mission Gaganyan. In case of any software glitch, the Gaganyan will be made to land on the sea, and so, the human astronauts should be saved uncompromisingly. The 'Abort mission' was one such rescue program held in Kochi. The test flight of Gaganyan will soon take place from the Sriharikota space center.

In a hypothetical situation, the spaceflight will travel high up to 15 km. An imaginary glitch will force the team to control a safe landing to the sea. The “ crew module” of the spaceflight will also land in the ocean which should be recovered. The Navy team was trained on this program today in Kochi. Bengaluru ISRO's human space flight Center director M Mohanan conducted the training session along with guidance from Indian Navy.

The standard operation to bring back the astronauts to safer lands will only reach precision with continuous practice and drills. The training session was held in the Navy's water survival training facility in Kochi. First, the Navy team was trained in the pool and later in the ocean. The depth difference, the undulating waves, the turbulence, and the difficulties of darkness including a mission at night were well analyzed.

The training will be conducted in a way to carve out experts within the Navy to rescue the crew members even in the most frightful of situations.