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Gaganyaan: India names astronauts for maiden space flight

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The Gaganyaan mission aims to send three astronauts to an orbit of 400km. In October, a key test demonstrated that the crew could safely escape the rocket. If it succeeds, India will become only the fourth country to send a human into space after the Soviet Union, the US and China.

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BBC News

Gaganyaan: India names astronauts for maiden space flight

The Gaganyaan mission aims to send astronauts to an orbit of 400km and bring them back after three days.

5 months ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

India reveals astronauts for its Gaganyaan space mission

On Tuesday, India introduced four crew members for its maiden Gaganyaan space voyage, as it aims to become the world's fourth country to send a crewed mission into space just months after a historic landing on the south pole of the moon.

5 months ago·Canada

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NDTV

PM Announces Names Of 4 Gaganyaan Mission Astronauts At ISRO Review

India is expanding its space in the global order and this can be seen its space programme too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

5 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Hindustan Times

Gaganyaan mission: PM Modi announces names of 4 astronauts for ISRO mission, netizens react

PM bestowed astronaut wings to the astronauts selected for ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission. A video of the ceremony was also shared on Instagram.

5 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Arab News

India names four astronauts for first human space flight

NEW DELHI: India announced on Tuesday the names of four astronauts who will take part in the Gaganyaan mission — the country’s first human space flight program. Having become the fourth nation ever to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon in August last year, India aims to put an astronaut on the lunar surface by 2040. The Indian Space Research Organization, the state-run agency spearheading the program, aims to launch the mission in 2024-2025.

5 months ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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India Today

Astronauts ready, engine check: Sitrep on Gaganyaan mission progress

With the revelation of the names of the four Gaganyaan astronauts, the mission is moving forward as India aims to become the fourth nation to independently send humans into space. Here's all that has happened so far.

5 months ago·India

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