{"id":69081,"date":"2025-10-15T13:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=69081"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:21:09","slug":"crew-escape-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/crew-escape-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew Escape System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Crew Escape System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISRO has developed a cost-effective, single-stage Test vehicle powered by the Vikas engine to validate the crew escape system (CES).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Crew Escape System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>emergency escape measure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designed to quickly pull the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance from the launch vehicle in the event of a launch abort.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CES is classified into two types based on the way it extracts the crew module:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Puller type:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is used in Gaganyaan, where the CES pulls the <\/span><b>crew module away from the launch vehicle;<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Pusher type:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is used in vehicles like SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9, where the crew module is pushed away using compact, high-thrust liquid-fuel engines.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S.\u2019s Saturn V, Russia\u2019s Soyuz, and China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/long-march-10-rocket\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Long March<\/strong><\/a> vehicles also use puller-type CES designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Working of Crew Escape System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the CES has moved the crew module a safe distance away from the failing vehicle, the module will be <\/span><b>released and decelerated by a multistage parachute system.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will <\/span><b>reduce the<\/b> <b>module\u2019s velocity in steps,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ensuring it splashes down safely in the sea without exceeding the crew\u2019s physiological limits upon impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typically, the crew will remain inside the <\/span><b>module until splashdown.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Integrated Vehicle Health Management system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IVHM), which is a network of sensors, electronics, and software, will aid in <\/span><b>taking a decision to activate the CES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when a contingency arises.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will <\/span><b>monitor all vital parameters of vehicle systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and crew health in real time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the synthesised information and the flight regime, it will ensure prompt anomaly detection, minimise false alarms, and activate the CES early enough to protect the crew.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/how-does-gaganyaans-vital-crew-escape-system-work-explained\/article70164190.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crew Escape System is an emergency escape measure designed to quickly pull the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance from the launch vehicle in the event of a launch abort. 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