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  "id": 4682582,
  "title": "Gaganyaan Episode 2: Why India Needs Special Rockets | The Scope",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/gaganyaan-episode-2-why-india-needs-special-rockets-the-scope",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T11:42:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/videos/gaganyaan-episode-2-why-india-needs-special-rockets-the-scope/article71410671.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India’s LVM-3 has already launched satellites and carried Chandrayaan-3 towards the Moon. But carrying astronauts demands an entirely different level of safety. In Episode 2 of The Scope’s Gaganyaan — India’s Leap, we explore how ISRO is transforming the proven LVM-3 into the human-rated HLVM-3, with redundant systems, rigorous testing and a powerful Crew Escape System. From the 2018 Pad Abort…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}