Gaganyaan astronaut to travel to ISS in mission with NASA

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Last Updated30/07/2024

One of the four astronauts undergoing training for the Gaganyaan mission will travel to the International Space Station as part of a collaborative effort with NASA

NASA has identified Axiom Space, a private entity, while ISRO had signed a space flight agreement with the U.S. firm for the joint mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
India and the U.S. were collaborating to send an Indian astronaut to the ISS in 2024.
India’s Astronaut Selection Board had picked four astronauts from the group of test pilots from the Indian Air Force for the Gaganyaan mission, India’s first manned space mission planned to take place next year.
“All four astronauts have undergone training on a spaceflight basic module in Russia.
Currently, astronauts are undergoing training at the ISRO’s Astronauts Training Facility (ATF) in Bengaluru for the Gaganyaan Mission,”
The Minister said two out of three semesters of the Gaganyatri training programme have been completed while independent training simulators and static mock-up simulators have been realised.

Ground testing of propulsion systems stages, including solid, liquid and cryogenic, towards human rating of the launch vehicle has been completed. Design and realisation of five types of crew escape system solid motors has been completed, he said.
The Union Minister said static testing of all five types of solid motors too has been completed. Also, the first Test Vehicle mission (TV-D1) for performance validation of crew escape system and parachute deployment has been successfully accomplished, he added.
He said characterization of the Thermal Protection System was also complete.