The Gaganyaan project is a step in Indo-Russian cooperation.
Russia is providing medical support, selection and training of astronauts, life support systems, etc. for India’s first manned spaceflight, Gaganyaan.
The first stage of training will be in Russia, the second - in India, but Russia will provide a training schedule.
The flight is planned for December 2021.
The practical work will begin in 2019.
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Glavkosmos and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) signed a contract in October 2018 for consulting on the selection, medical examination and training of Indian gaganauts.
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They also plan to assess whether to use Russian equipment on Gaganyaan.
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One report stated 2 men and 1 woman would be going on this mission.
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A team of 4 gaganauts from India began training in Russia for the 3rd week of January 2020.
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The training continued remotely during the coronavirus outbreak.
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The 4 gaganauts completed their training at the Central Training Center Gagarin.
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The ISRO will open an office in Moscow to strengthen cooperation with Russian space agencies.
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The head of Roscosmos stated that he held a discussion with the Indian Ambassador to Russia about future space projects involving the two countries.
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The ISRO intends to send an anthropomorphic robot into space on its spacecraft based on Russian expertise.
The robot will be on board the unmanned predecessor of the Gaganyaan to determine the suitability of life support systems for the manned version of the ship.
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Another report stated the robot would be created in India.
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India and Russia are discussing the prospects of building ground stations in each other's countries to improve satellite navigation systems.
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ISRO will create its own training center in the city of Challaker in Karnataka so that in the future, gaganauts will be trained in India.
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Warning: these questons and answers are not all representative of the way questions will be asked and answered in the pilot, because some questions are compound and some answers do not include citations.

Q: What is Gaganyaan?
A: a step in Indo-Russian cooperation [319bc681-ebc2-45c7-8f93-802e08c51ed9]A: India’s first manned spaceflight, Gaganyaan [319bc681-ebc2-45c7-8f93-802e08c51ed9]

Q: What will Russia provide for Gaganyaan?
A: medical support, selection and training of astronauts, life support systems [319bc681-ebc2-45c7-8f93-802e08c51ed9]

Q: Where will/has the training take place?
A: The first stage of training will be in Russia, the second - in India [319bc681-ebc2-45c7-8f93-802e08c51ed9]A: at the Central Training Center Gagarin. [f7f7b78d-a7cc-4bb5-950c-b3d62b71fabc, 9f414b09-2544-4daf-9a38-71ceefbb9ef0]

Q: Who signed a contract between Russia and India?
A: Glavkosmos and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) ad61, 5965]

Q: What did the contract include?
A: consulting on the selection, medical examination and training of Indian astronauts and joint activities in manned spaceflight. [ad61c844-c752-4fd5-af09-3383aa6a35dd, 596542c8-fbc3-46d0-b9e5-9b1d45e952e1]A: to assess whether to use Russian equipment on Gaganyaan. [596542c8-fbc3-46d0-b9e5-9b1d45e952e1]

Q: What does gaganaut mean?
A: Indian astronauts from Sanskrit gagan - “heaven”

Q: How many gaganauts will there be?
A: 2 men and 1 woman [319bc681-ebc2-45c7-8f93-802e08c51ed9]A: 4 gaganauts. [a72280b1-b206-4b4c-baf7-b35219215ac0, 9f414b09-2544-4daf-9a38-71ceefbb9ef0, 3bcee3e7-f9bd-4ba3-9b98-78b4489eba3c]

Q: When did the training in Russia start?
A: 3rd week of January 2020. [bf1e88a5-4834-4e53-bc58-75015812dd15, 26a9f6b4-9b58-4bba-95d1-50fc7bc5f53f, ad61c844-c752-4fd5-af09-3383aa6a35dd]

Q: What happened during the coronavirus outbreak?
A: The training continued remotely [e2ebc746-74cc-4f4d-9975-263f2ff29124]

Q: Where did the gaganauts complete their training?
A: at the Central Training Center Gagarin. [f7f7b78d-a7cc-4bb5-950c-b3d62b71fabc, 9f414b09-2544-4daf-9a38-71ceefbb9ef0]

Q: Why will the ISRO open an office in Moscow?
A: to strengthen cooperation with Russian space agencies. [f6c6f501-5324-4f3d-88af-739baedfe56a]

Q: What did the head of Roscosmos discuss with the Indian Ambassador to Russia?
A: future space projects involving the two countries. [f7f7b78d-a7cc-4bb5-950c-b3d62b71fabc]

Q: Why is India sending a robot into space?
A: to determine the suitability of life support systems for the manned version of the ship. [e8a0af1c-1e09-435b-96f0-83b0d9233491]A: Is the robot built in Russia or India?A: One report states it is based on Russian expertise [e8a0af1c-1e09-435b-96f0-83b0d9233491]A: Another report stated the robot would be created in India [26a9f6b4-9b58-4bba-95d1-50fc7bc5f53f]

Q: What other joint space projects are Russia and India considering?
A: building ground stations in each other's countries to improve satellite navigation systems. [9f414b09-2544-4daf-9a38-71ceefbb9ef0]

Q: What is the ISRO building in Challaker in Karnataka?
A: India’s own space training center. [d1be8f7a-114f-4e3e-adb8-76be0b2482da, bf1e88a5-4834-4e53-bc58-75015812dd15]

Q: Why are they building the training center?
A: So that gaganauts can train in India in the future [d1be8f7a-114f-4e3e-adb8-76be0b2482da, bf1e88a5-4834-4e53-bc58-75015812dd15]