<h5>What is the Gaganyaan mission?</h5><p>The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Gaganyaan is planned for launch in 2025 (the final date will announced in the future). This mission seeks to show human spaceflight capability. It will accomplish this by launching a three-person crew into a 400-kilometre orbit, where they will spend three days before safely returning to Earth.</p><p>When the crew returns, they will safely land in Indian sea waters. Many technological developments, like a launch vehicle that can safely transport the crew to space, a crew life support system, crew emergency escape systems, etc., are necessary to ensure the mission's success. ISRO is working hard to create all of the required technologies.</p><p>ISRO will also conduct various tests before the actual mission. Four Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots have been selected as astronauts in the Gaganyaan mission, and they are being trained well. You can read more about the Gaganyaan mission in these articles: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/india-plans-to-launch-its-first-human-space-flight">Article 1</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/isro-completes-first-gaganyaan-test-flight">Article 2</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/isro-to-send-astronauts-to-the-moon">Article 3</a>.</p><p>Recently, the names of the four astronauts, or vyomnauts, have been announced.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/who-is-going-on-the-gaganyaan-mission%2FPM%20Modi.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=51f4d3fc-a6ee-43ee-b38b-47d3ee88d2cb"><figcaption>PM Modi with the four astronauts. Photo by Dr Jitendra Singh.</figcaption></figure><h5>Who are the four astronauts selected for the Gaganyaan mission?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/who-is-going-on-the-gaganyaan-mission%2FVyomnauts.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=8d3fa08e-6055-403c-bdf4-b6cec27fec89"><figcaption>The four astronauts, along with their names. Photo by Hindustan Times.</figcaption></figure><p>The names of the four IAF pilots who are part of the Gaganyaan mission are Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla.</p><p>Their names were revealed in the presence of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi during his visit to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The PM also presented the selected four with “astronaut wings.”</p><p>The four astronauts have been shortlisted after a tough selection procedure. They have been training on various things related to space flight, first in Russia and then at the ISRO’s Astronaut Training Facility in Bengaluru. Out of the four, three will be selected for the final mission.</p><h5>Has any Indian travelled to space?</h5><p>Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to travel to space. He travelled on a Russian-built spacecraft in 1984. There have also been other Indian-origin astronauts who have travelled to space, like Kalpana Chawla.</p>

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