India's First Crewed Gaganyaan Launch Slips To 2026

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ISRO's Shubhanshu Shukla, second from left, is preparing for a flight to the International Space Station along with Axiom-4 crewmates (from left) Tibor Kapu from Hungary, Commander Peggy Whitson and Sławosz Uznański from Poland.

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MILAN—India now expects the first crewed flight of its Gaganyaan spacecraft to launch in 2026, following a trio of uncrewed flight tests slated to begin next year. Ahead of Gaganyaan missions, two Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) astronauts are in training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center for...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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