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Topic: India's manned space program
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AstronautBrian
Member Posts: 231
From: Madisonville, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted November 07, 2006 10:12 PM
   
Reuters: India's space agency approves manned space mission India's state-run space agency approved its first indigenous manned mission into space on Tuesday, aiming to put an astronaut outside the earth's atmosphere by 2014. The approval came after top Indian scientists met in the southern technology hub of Bangalore to discuss the viability of the mission. "They were unanimous in suggesting that the time is appropriate for India to undertake a manned mission," a statement from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said. Thoughts?------------------
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted November 08, 2006 07:33 AM
America has its astronauts, Russia cosmonauts, and China has taikonauts.Per this report, India's astronauts may be known as "gaganauts". |
DavidH
Member Posts: 1170
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted November 08, 2006 09:47 AM
I'm taking the news with a grain of salt for the time being, but I'd love to see them actually follow through with it.------------------
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted March 26, 2008 09:13 AM
RIA Novosti: India seeks Russia's help in space pilot training India is considering sending one of its citizens into space on board a Russian spacecraft to acquire the skills necessary for future manned space missions, an Indian space source told RIA Novosti."India would like to have one of its astronauts trained in Russia and send him into space on board the Soyuz spacecraft," said a senior researcher from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He said ISRO had been in talks on the issue with the Russian Federal Space Agency and "received a positive response." India has been successfully developing its space program in recent years, regularly launching satellites using its own booster rockets. India is planning to launch its first space shuttle in 2014. |
cspg
Member Posts: 3315
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted March 26, 2008 10:11 AM
I like the last sentence of the quote above...I didn't know (or don't remember) about India's plans to have a....SPACE SHUTTLE!Chris.
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John Charles
Member Posts: 310
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted March 26, 2008 08:01 PM
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Originally posted by cspg:
...SPACE SHUTTLE!
Very interesting. That seems to be a common mistranslation, perhaps because many translators are younger than the Space Shuttle (e.g., less than 27 years old) and many of the news reports about people flying in space in their lifetimes were based on the Shuttle. The Chinese news articles used to make the same mistake, especially before Shenzhou became well established.------------------
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cspg
Member Posts: 3315
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted March 27, 2008 01:34 AM
I guess they meant space capsule...(relief!)  Chris. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted February 11, 2009 08:52 AM
SPACE.com/Space News: Designs for India's First Manned Spaceship Revealed In its maiden manned mission, ISRO's largely autonomous 3-ton capsule will orbit the Earth at 248 miles (400 km) in altitude for up to seven days with a two-person crew on board, ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair announced Jan. 3 at the Indian Science Congress held in Shillong. The capsule will be designed to carry three people, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with a rendezvous and docking capability, he said....[ISRO spokesman] Satish said the astronaut capsule would launch atop a modified version of ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark 2, currently under development. The GSLV Mark 2 features an indigenously developed cryogenic upper-stage engine; the Mark 1 variant currently in use has a Russian-supplied upper stage engine. The first test launch of the standard GSLV Mark 2 launcher is scheduled for this year. Satish said ISRO's human spaceflight program will benefit from assistance provided by the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roskosmos. The cooperative arrangement was sealed in an accord signed Dec. 5 by Nair and Roskosmos Director-General Anatoly Perminov during a state visit to India by Russian President Dimitri Medvedev. Under the accord, an Indian cosmonaut will fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2013 ahead of ISRO's planned 2015 mission, Satish said.  |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 864
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted February 11, 2009 09:25 PM
I can't help but think this looks a lot like SpaceX Dragon.-Lou |
Tonyq
Member Posts: 142
From: UK
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted February 12, 2009 07:33 AM
I wonder when they will begin their astronaut selection process?It must be fairly soon if they are to: - Select an initial group of astronaut candidates
- Provide initial training
- Select two(?) candidates for the Soyuz flight to train in Russia from 2012
- Soyuz flight in 2013
Looking at this rough schedule, they must surely have their pool of candidates beginning training by, say, early 2010? |
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