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Mumbai, India (PTI) Feb 21, 2007 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to send a man into space to orbit around the earth ahead of its more ambitious plans of moon and mars missions in future. "This is a step in the direction of future plans of ISRO to send man to the planetary targets like moon and mars," a top ISRO scientist told journalists last week. "Currently, there is no plan to send a man to moon by ISRO. But we are preparing ourself to send a man to the space to orbit around earth and bring him back after few days," Mylswamy Annadurai, ISRO's Project Director for Chandrayaan-1, told PTI from Bangalore. Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned moon mission, is expected to be launched early next year. "The efforts to send man is to acquire the required technologies for a human space mission. Initial phase has started to synergise the required efforts for the same," Annadurai said. "Once we succeed in our effort, the next incremental step will be to look for the planetary targets like moon, mars." "If an Indian has to go to the moon, then that depends on what data we gather from Chandrayaan-1 and possibly another unmanned mission to moon, Chandrayaan-2," he said. If resources (data) substantiate the requirement for human presence on the moon or mars, "then we will be ready for it," the scientist said. Source: Press Trust of India Email This Article
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Seoul (AFP) Feb 18, 2007South Korea's first two potential astronauts will this month start a year of training in Russia before one of them heads to the International Space Station, officials said Sunday. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said the pair will leave on February 27 and begin training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center from March 7 after a week of medical check-ups.
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