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#26 2023-08-12 14:57:31

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Re: India's Manned Spaceflight 'Gaganauts'

ISRO Conducts Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests for Gaganyaan Mission.

https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/statu … 1484346368

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#27 2023-09-05 05:39:19

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Re: India's Manned Spaceflight 'Gaganauts'

Hours before it went to sleep, Vikram performed a “short hop” — elevated by 40cm, landed about 40cm away — learnings from which could help future sample return, human missions.

https://twitter.com/chethan_dash/status … 6897361237

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#28 2023-09-21 07:56:56

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Re: India's Manned Spaceflight 'Gaganauts'

India to launch test of Gaganyaan crew capsule's emergency escape system this year.

https://www.space.com/india-test-emerge … -late-2023

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#29 2023-12-01 07:08:08

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Re: India's Manned Spaceflight 'Gaganauts'

Nasa will train an Indian astronaut for a voyage to the International Space Station as early as next year
https://www.dawn.com/news/1793757/nasa- … ion-voyage

They will launch a Telescope but I don't see info if it will need manned support like Hubble

In October 2022, Glavkosmos JSC supplied the Indian side with systems and equipment for the Gaganian crewed transport spacecraft, as well as individual equipment (spacesuits, armchairs and lodgments produced by the Russian JSC Zvezda Scientific and Production Enterprise) for Indian cosmonauts

Russian link
https://www.roscosmos.ru/38437/

India set to launch its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite: ISRO
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/scien … 589615.ece

Is India ready to send someone to space?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45243908
In the past, Isro has always delivered on the challenges that have been thrown at them

According to a 2014 BBC World Service Poll, 85% of Russians view India positively, with only 9% expressing a negative view. Similarly, a 2017 opinion poll by the Moscow-based non-governmental think tank Levada-Center states that Russians identified India as one of their top five "friends", with the others being Belarus, China, Kazakhstan and Syria.  Polls show that 60% of people support the Indian government's handling of the Russo-Ukrainian war, while 50% agreed to the sanctions imposed by other nations on Russia, according to LocalCircles, a community social media platform. A poll conducted in summer 2022 shows that Indians most frequently named Russia their most trusted partner, with 43% naming Russia as such compared to 27% who named the US
https://www.orfonline.org/research/the- … rvey-2022/
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ind … 768148.cms

The Russian-Indian Science and Technology Center (RI STC) was established in Moscow as a structure of effective innovative interaction in order to find forms of commercialization of the results of joint scientific and technical research. In April 2012, the official opening of the Delhi branch of the RI STC took place.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200810191 … operation/

NASA to train Indian astronaut for ISS voyage in deepening space ties
https://www.reuters.com/science/nasa-tr … 023-11-29/

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