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Indian astronauts to start training for ISS mission (spacenews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Honestly I think it’s a testament to our civilization’s level of space achievement that a 7-day mission turned into a 60-day mission and it’s not that big a deal.

It’s just cool that we have the infrastructure to support an unexpected 10x mission duration.