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Four IAF Pilots Names Unveiled For Gaganyaan

February 28, 2024

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Context:

Recently, India announced the names of the four astronaut designates for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, planned for launch in 2025.

IAF Pilots Selected for Gaganyaan

Gaganyaan

The Prime Minister bestows ‘astronaut wings’ to the astronaut-designates for the mission.
- They are Shortlisted through a rigorous selection process,
- They have been undergoing training in various aspects of space flight, initially in Russia, and later at the Astronaut Training Facility established by ISRO in Bengaluru.
He also inaugurated three important space infrastructure projects worth about 1,800 crore rupees.
- Includes the PSLV Integration Facility at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota;
- The New ‘Semi-cryogenics Integrated Engine and stage Test facility’ at ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri and
- ‘Trisonic Wind Tunnel’ at VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram.

Gaganyaan Human Spaceflight Mission:

It is a space mission to demonstrate ISRO’s human spaceflight capability by launching a human crew to an orbit of 400 km and bringing them safely back to Earth.

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News Source: TH

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