The National Mission Assignment Board has recommended two ’gaganyatris’ as prime and backup mission pilots for this mission, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (prime) and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair (backup).
ISRO on Friday said its Human Space Flight Centre has ventured into a space flight agreement with Axiom Space Inc, USA for its Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
The National Mission Assignment Board has recommended two ’gaganyatris’ as prime and backup mission pilots for this mission, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (prime) and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair (backup). “The assigned crewmembers will be finally approved to fly to the International Space Station by the Multilateral Crew Operations Panel (MCOP). The recommended gaganyatris will commence their training for the mission from the first week of August 2024,” ISRO asserted in a statement.
During the mission, the gaganyatris will undertake scientific research and…