Parachutes are unbreakable space flights for the Gagania mission

Representative purpose. |Photo source: DRDO

The first unplanned parachute of the Indian Gaganyaan Human Space Flight Program transported from Agra on Monday (May 5, 2025) was developed for parachutes. The parachute is developed by the AGRA-based laboratory (ADRDE) under the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

“Paracht developed locally for safe return of capsules carrying astronauts under the proposed Gagania program [testing in an] Mission unsuccessfully performed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

Under the Gagania Program, ISRO's goal is to send crew members of two or three astronauts into low-Earth orbit (Leo).

In explaining the recovery sequence during the flight, the ADRDE statement details it from the deployment of two Apex coverage separated parachutes (protecting the main parachute compartment). Next are two drive parachutes to stabilize the module and reduce its speed. Subsequently, after the ditches were released, three pilot parachutes were deployed to extract three main parachutes individually. The main parachute is designed to reduce the speed of the crew module to a safe level.

Adrde Director Dr. Manoj Kumar officially marked the flight unit parachute. They have been sent to the ISRO Satellite Integration and Testing Agency (ISITE) in Bangalore.

These parachutes were designed to be used to designate the first unexploited Gaganyaan mission of the G-1. The Adrde team will continue to assemble parachutes with ISITE's crew modules in preparation for this mission, which is scheduled to take place later this year.