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11mo ago

Indian astronauts to start training for ISS mission

Indian astronauts to start training for ISS mission

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Both of the astronauts, called Gaganyatris by ISRO, had completed ISRO’s own training program for spaceflight that included time at the Star City training center in Russia.
Neat, so we've got:
USA: Astronaut
Russia: Cosmonaut
China: Taikonaut
India: Gaganyatris
Any other countries with special names for space-people?
- Brexiteers?
  
  Someone needs to message Tim Peake and get his opinion on what he should be called.
Hopefully we can get the current ISS astronauts out of the way before they launch
- The docking port schedule will be fun if they can't get rid of Starliner soon.
  Crew 9 - NET Aug 18th '24
  Cargo Dragon - Sept '24
  Ax-4 - NET Nov '24
  Cargo Dragon - Dec '24
  
  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.
- Honestly I think it’s a testament to our civilization’s level of space achievement that a 7-day mission turned into a 60-day mission and it’s not that big a deal.
  It’s just cool that we have the infrastructure to support an unexpected 10x mission duration.

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