Isro signs MoU with Vyom Space to build private space capsules

Isro signs MoU with Vyom Space to build private space capsules : The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gurugram-based private space firm Vyom Space Exploration and Services Private Limited for its “human and cargo transportation capsule program.” The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre, India’s nodal space authorization body, facilitated the MoU.

December 2022 Current Affairs Quiz

Reason: For its human and cargo transportation capsule program.
It was facilitated by India’s nodal space authorization body, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (In-Space). In space mission, ‘Capsule’ is the module inside which any cargo is placed for being carried to space. In manned missions, the capsule is what hosts the astronauts.

A ‘capsule’ in a space mission is a module that contains any cargo that will be carried to space. The capsule is what houses the astronauts on manned missions. With the exception of Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s reusable human and cargo module, Crew Dragon, the capsules have typically been single-use in nature. Vyom Space’s founder and CEO, Manish Kukreti told a newspaper that the company has been working with European research and development (R&D) partners to develop its product.