Two Indian astronauts will soon start training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, with one of them flying to the ISS on an upcoming private astronaut mission.
  • threelonmusketeersMEnglish
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    4 months ago

    ISRO said that Shukla had been assigned to the Axiom Space Ax-4 mission to the station, while Nair will train as his backup.

    Ax-4 - NET Nov '24

    Wow, I didn’t expect ISRO astronauts to be flying as early as November. That’s awesome!

    Do you think we’ll see Gaganyaan dock to the ISS before the ISS is retired? It would be cool if the US does seat swaps like they do with Soyuz.

      • threelonmusketeersMEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Thanks for the link! Pretty ambitious timeline if it holds.

        There’s nothing about crewed missions to ISRO’s own station, but it seems natural that that would be next. And if they do cargo to the ISS and crew to their own station, why not crew to the ISS?

        • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Unfortunately, I’m sure these timelines will slip. If H3 follows G5, that puts it into 2030+, and it’ll start to compete with Long Dragon for an ISS spot.