ISRO tenders Bengaluru habitat for human-spaceflight analog studies

ISRO’s Human Space Flight Centre issued a tender on 5 October for the design, installation and testing of a Human Space Analog System at its astronaut-training site in Marathahalli, Bengaluru. The procurement document seeks ground infrastructure for the Indian human-spaceflight programme; it does not announce a contract award or a completed habitat.

The specifications call for a core module, airlock and crew personal module, alongside systems for air pressure, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, water and waste. They also require voice and video communications, a communication-delay simulator, environmental sensors and exercise equipment, according to the tender.

DTNext reported on 8 October that the proposed facility would support simulations lasting up to 60 days, studying crew performance and psychology in isolation and confinement. That describes the planned research capacity, rather than results from a completed experiment.

This is a separate procurement from ISRO’s earlier analog work in Ladakh. Its August 2025 announcement records the inauguration of the Himalayan Outpost for Planetary Exploration at Tso Kar Valley on 31 July 2025, followed by a planned ten-day campaign.

The Bengaluru tender uses separate technical and price bids. It tentatively schedules a mandatory pre-bid meeting for 21 October; vendors that miss it will not be considered. The notice invites eligible Indian local suppliers and excludes quotations directly from foreign manufacturers or their agents.