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Indian manned spacecraft will be scaled-down Soyuz
Published: 23 December, 2009, 10:44
Edited: 13 February, 2010, 01:43
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TAGS: Space, Asia, Russia, SciTech, Vehicles
India’s future space program will rely on Russian technology to deliver a cosmonaut into orbit. The future manned spacecraft will be based on the Soyuz, and Russian specialists will help build it.
The cooperation request has already been supported by both Russian space agency Roscosmos and the producer of the Soyuz manned spacecraft Energia.
“India is interested in developing its own manned program. It is no surprise they have turned to Russia, because our countries have been cooperating in the space sphere since soviet times,” said head of Roscosmos Aleksey Krasnov.
The capsule will use the same design approach as the Soyuz, but it will be smaller, because India lacks launch vehicles powerful enough to deliver a heavy spacecraft into orbit.
The project is in the early stages at the moment and will take at least a decade to complete, according to Krasnov.
Russia and India have a number of joint space and military projects, including a Moon exploration program and a fifth-generation fighter jet.
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Simply great to see, India, Russia and indeed China, need to build more and more a common Space approach. We have the technology, the financial capability and growth vector to enable subsatntial space development efforts together. Certainly will be great to see India regularly in manned space, also will be great to see joint and individual space stations and journeys to other planets..... A collective world, working together, is something to strive for.
I am from India. The true is India and Russia are both very nice Partners. But china is not like Russia. China is not having a good relationship with India. So ... India and Russia can be... But not India and China...