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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the names of four astronauts who were selected for ISROs ambitious maiden manned space mission Gaganyaan..
Since the news broke, people have been taking to various social media platforms to share their reactions to this update in the Gaganyaan Mission - so much so, that the name of the Indian space agency, ISRO, started trending on X.n)..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi bestows Astronaut wings to the astronaut-designates who have been selected for #Gaganyaan, India's human spaceflight mission, they wrote..
They added that the Indian astronauts selected for the ISRO mission are - Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla..
Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching crew of 3 members from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota into an approximately 400 Km Low Earth Orbit for a 3 days mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters, they wrote...
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