India’s manned mission aims to take one or more astronauts into space, up to a distance of 400 kilometres away from the earth, and could be orbiting the earth five to seven days. These are the preliminary plans, as four potential astronauts set off on a year-long training session in Russia by end-January, said ISRO’s director of human spaceflight centre, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair.
Speaking to News18 on the sidelines of a three-day symposium on human spaceflight, Dr Nair said ISRO will soon be setting up simulators to give mission-specific training for the astronauts who are being trained for Gaganyaan, the manned mission to space scheduled for late 2021 or early 2022. The mission will coincide with the 75th anniversary of India’s independence. Read More…
