Training for Gaganyaan continuing with full energy: Astronaut Prashanth B Nair
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Indian Air Force Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, who is part of India's Gaganyaan mission, on Wednesday said that training for it is continuing with full energy.
He was speaking to reporters after interacting with the students of Model School Thycaud here.
Nair said that India will, in 2027, send its first person to space "from our capsule", but a lot of tests remain to be carried out before that.
He said that first a robot -- 'Vyom mitra' -- will be sent as part of the tests and then there will be many other missions.
"There will be a continuous programme and the centre of it is going to be between Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru," he said.
Regarding the training for the mission, he said "it is continuing with full energy" and that the entire Gaganyaan team was "indebted" to the Indian government, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Air Force for training them well and selecting them.
Group Captains Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Pratap, Ajit Krishnan, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla are the four-member Gaganyaan crew.
Regarding his interactions with the schoolchildren, he termed it as a "good experience".
He said he spoke to the children about the Gaganyaan mission and the training for it.
According to ISRO, the Gaganyaan programme aims to demonstrate India’s capability to launch a crewed spacecraft into low Earth orbit for three days.
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Trump tells Fox News he's no longer sending Witkoff, Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks
Islamabad (AP): President Donald Trump says he told top US envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that "they can call us anytime they want.”
In a brief phone interview Saturday, Trump told Fox News that he told US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Trump also said of the US side “we have all the cards.”
His comments came after the White House said Friday that Witkoff and Kushner would be heading to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran.
