Russia is conducting aerodynamic tests of the descent vehicle and the emergency rescue system for India’s Gaganyaan manned spacecraft, an official at the office of Deputy Prime Minister and Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov told reporters on Tuesday.

"We are assisting in the implementation of the program for creation of India’s manned spacecraft Gaganyaan. <..> Contracts are being concluded for wind tunnel testing of models of the descent vehicle and the emergency rescue system of the Indian manned spacecraft for the Gaganyaan mission," the official said.

He added that Russia is also making contracts to supply sets of flight suits and sets of crew seats and speed sensors.

According to Manturov’s office, manned space programs and satellite navigation are now the key areas of space cooperation between the two countries. In addition, much attention is being paid to the training of Indian cosmonauts.

Earlier, the general director of the Zvezda enterprise, Sergey Pozdnyakov told TASS that spacesuits and their accessories as well as shock-absorbing seats for India's manned space mission Gaganyaan are ready. In turn, JSC Glavkosmos (part of Russian space corporation Roscosmos) reported it had delivered the systems and equipment for the ship to the Indian side.