On Saturday, October 21, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the Test Flight Abort Mission, for the Gaganyaan mission.

The first test flight was aborted at 8:45 am due to a problem in the engine ignition. Following around two hour delay in the launch, the ISRO scientists put the mission on course 75 minutes later when they launched the rocket and achieved the goal of Crew Module and Crew Escape separation.