{"id":18159,"date":"2023-12-14T07:27:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18159"},"modified":"2025-04-05T09:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T03:33:58","slug":"vyommitra-upsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vyommitra-upsc\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Vyommitra?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Vyommitra<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Vyommitra is a combination of two Sanskrit words Vyoma (Space) and Mitra (Friend).<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0female robot designed and\u00a0developed by the ISRO\u00a0to fly aboard\u00a0unmanned test missions ahead of the Gaganyaan\u00a0human spaceflight\u00a0mission.<\/li>\n<li>It is referred to as a\u00a0half-humanoid robot\u00a0as she doesn&#8217;t have legs. However, she can bend forward and sideways.<\/li>\n<li>Besides going on uncrewed Gaganyaan missions, she will accompany astronauts on manned missions\u00a0too.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0AI-enabled robot, which can\u00a0withstand vibrations and shock\u00a0during the flight, has been designed to\u00a0resemble a human with facial expressions,\u00a0speech, and sight capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>It is equipped with the\u00a0capability to monitor module parameters, issue alerts, and\u00a0execute life support operations.<\/li>\n<li>It can perform tasks such as\u00a0operating switch panels, and serving as a\u00a0companion to astronauts,\u00a0engaging in conversations, recognising them, and\u00a0responding to their inquiries.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the Gaganyaan mission?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the Gaganyaan Mission,\u00a0ISRO will be sending three humans to an orbit of 400 km for a 3-day mission and bringing them back safely to Earth.<\/li>\n<li>Launch Vehicle: The Mark-3 (LVM3\/GSLV Mk3) rocket, the well-proven and reliable heavy lift launcher of ISRO, is identified as the launch vehicle for the Gaganyaan mission.<\/li>\n<li>The Astronaut Training Facility established\u00a0in Bengaluru provides a comprehensive\u00a0training program for astronauts preparing for the Gaganyaan mission.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is GSLV Mk3?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the new heavy lift launch vehicle of ISRO for achieving a 4000 kg spacecraft launching capability to GTO (Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit) in a cost effective manner. GSLV MKIII (43.5 m height and a gross lift-off weight of 640 tonnes) is configured as a three-stage vehicle with two solid strap-on motors (S200), one liquid core stage (L110) and a high thrust CUS (configured with the fully indigenous cryogenic engine &#8211; CE20).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/science\/india-to-launch-female-robot-astronaut-vyommitra-manned-mission-gaganyaan-project-isro-outer-space-exploration-jitendra-singh-2023-12-14-907220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>India to launch female robot astronaut &#8216;Vyommitra&#8217; ahead of manned mission<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vyommitra is a female robot designed and developed by the ISRO to fly aboard unmanned test missions ahead of the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}