Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) ISRO will send humanoid Vyommitra in unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft ahead of human spaceflight.
(2) Vyommitra is a female humanoid – something that has an appearance resembling a human but is robotic.
Which of the following statement (s) is/are true?
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only(2)
(c) Both(1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer :(c)
Related facts:
- On 22nd January 2020, ISRO introduced a humanoid Vyommitra at a seminar, ‘Human Space Flight and Exploration-Present Challenges and Future Trends’, that was held in Bengaluru.
- Vyommitra is a female humanoid – something that has an appearance resembling a human but is robotic and has no legs.
- ISRO Inertial Systems Unit has developed the humanoid in Thiruvananthapuram.
- Vyommitra is built for ISRO’s first unmanned Gaganyaan mission.
- Gaganyan will undertake two unmanned space flights before the manned mission in which the vyomitra will be used.
- Vyommitra can monitor module parameters, alert astronauts and perform life support operations.
- Vyommitra can simulate the exact human functions in space; it will check whether the systems are right.
- Vyommitra is capable of switching panel operations, performing Environment Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) functions, conversations with the astronauts, recognising them and solving their queries.
- Vyommitra will be very useful to simulate, as if a human is flying.
- Vyommitra can understand and speak english and hindi both languages.
Gaganyaan:
- Gaganyaan is India’s ambitious human spacecraft mission which envisages sending three astronauts to space by 2022.
- The Gaganyan mission is scheduled for December 2021.
- Gaganyan will undertake two unmanned space flights before the manned mission.
- The ISRO has set target of achieving country’s ambitious manned mission by 2021, with the first unmanned programme of Gaganyaan in December 2020,into lower earth orbit(LEO) by 2022.
Links:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-to-send-humanoid-vyommitra-in-unmanned-gaganyaan-spacecraft-ahead-of-human-spaceflight/articleshow/73576959.cms
https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/isro-gaganyaan-vyomamitra-vyomnauts-lady-robot-space-mission/1832947/
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/mars-no-more-amangal-for-india-to-send-a-manned-mission/articleshow/70814585.cms