They will likely be liable for astronauts’ health earlier than, throughout and after a flight and can get to coach with the potential astronauts.
Two flight surgeons will quickly fly to Russia the place they may get hands-on expertise in area medication from their Russian counterparts for the Gaganyaan mission, an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official stated on Sunday.
The flight surgeons are medical doctors from the Indian Air Force who’ve specialised in aerospace medication. “The flight surgeons will leave soon. They will get hands-on training with flight surgeons in Russia,” the official stated.
Training of astronauts is a important facet of the human area mission mission. Fight surgeons are liable for astronauts’ health earlier than, throughout and after a flight. The flight surgeons may even get to coach with the potential astronauts, the official stated.
The 4 check pilots of the Indian Air Force, chosen for India’s first manned mission to area, have been present process coaching on the Yu.A. Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre close to Moscow since February final yr.
Named after Yuri Gagarin, the primary human to journey into outer area, the Centre was constructed to assist manned area programmes, area exploration actions, area engineering, cosmonauts’ coaching, in addition to guaranteeing their security in area and offering post-flight rehabilitation programmes for cosmonauts.
The coaching of Indian astronauts has been affected as a result of coronavirus-induced lockdown in Russia, and they’re anticipated to be again in India by March.
The flight surgeons may even journey to France for coaching. “The French module of space surgeons training will be more theoretical in nature,” the official added.
In 2018, flight surgeon Brigitte Godard, who was with French area company CNES then, had visited India to start out the coaching of physicians and engineers.
France has a well-established mechanism for area medication. It additionally has the MEDES area clinic, a subsidiary of CNES, the place area surgeons endure coaching.
Gaganyaan, an bold mission to ship three Indians to area by 2022, might be barely delayed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit ISRO’s provides from the trade, the official stated.
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