Indian astronauts have edge in training

Indian astronauts will have an edge in their preparation for the country's human space-flight programme, as they have trained in both Russian and American technologies, said Shubhanshu Shukla, group captain of the Indian Air Force and the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS).

- Shouvik Das

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Shukla said the prolonged training phase has seen Shukla and his three compatriots—Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan and Angad Pratap—travel across Moscow, Bengaluru and Florida to get access to training for spaceflight in American firm SpaceX's Crew Dragon, as well as Russian space agency Roscosmos' Soyuz human-qualified space vehicl