Four Astronauts are selected for ISRO’s Gangayaan mission

by ifadmin · Published February 28, 2024 · Updated March 8, 2024

ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission : PM Narendra Modi Tuesday honoured the Astronaut wings to group captain Prashant Nair, Captain Angad Prathap, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan and Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and introduced these four to the world who are leading the upcoming Indian Space research Organisation ISRO’s Gangayaan Mission. All four are short listed four years ago, are Indian Air Force (IAF) test pilots from Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bengaluru.

After 40 years, an Indian will go to space, but this time, the time is also ours, the countdown is also ours. In every nation’s progress, there comes a time when the present introduces its people to the future. Today is such a time for India. Our current generation is blessed because they are able to see success in water, on ground and even in space. This is the beginning of a new era, where India is increasing its space in the global order and it is very visible even in the space sector,” PM Modi said.

“Last year, India became the first country to land in the south pole region of Moon. Today, Shivshakti point introduces the whole world to India’s success. Today, we are part of another historic moment. The country, for the first time, got introduced to the four astronauts elect. These are not just four names or four people. They are those who will take 140 crore aspirations to space,” he added. PM Modi congratulated all 4 Astronaut for ISRO’s Gangayaan Mission and said that their name will be in carved as part of 21st Century and praised them for their dedicated and focused training for ISRO’s Gangayaan Mission from last four year. Also added Yoga will play major role in their training and also help keep both body and mind healthy.

Three important projects are being dedicated to the nation which have been completed on time. These mark significant additions to Isro infrastructure. We’ve seen tremendous progress made by Isro with the kind of missions, especially, Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 which made the world turn back to look at India. The 2047 vision made public has ambitious projects to make India Viksit Bharat and Isro will work towards achieving this.” ISRO chairman S Somanath said.

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In 2019 TOI reported that all test pilots are selected for ISRO’s Gangayaan Mission that is India’s first human space mission. After observation of their specialisation test pilots were called for the deep study and all that can be go wrong which we never tried before. To become Astronaut many test pilots were enrolled their name but 12 are made for first level of selection in 2019 September in Bnaglore. The selection was done at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM), an institute under the Indian Air Force (IAF). After multiple rounds of selection, the IAM and Isro then shortlisted the final four. By early 2020, Isro sent the four test pilots to Russia for initial training, which after some delay induced by Covid-19, was completed in 2021. After this these four are going under training through varios agencies which ISRO tied up.

“I request the citizens and specifically the media to cooperate in the future. The astronauts-elect have continuously done penance for the past four years. They have done this without making themselves visible. They still have a long way to go, there are many challenges. But now, they’ve become celebrities, I know people will want autographs and selfies and the media would also want to know everything about their lives. But this could be detrimental to their achievements. The real story is beginning now. We need to cooperate with them and their families so they can focus on enabling the ambitious goal,” PM Modi said. More discuss on PM modi said most of the parts of ISRO’s Gangayaan Mission is made in India and this is very good sign where India is 3rd largest economy in the world and congratulated for Women contribution in ISRO where most of women are in leading position

“During Chandrayaan-2 landing, a lot of children watched it and learnt a lot of things. And then came August 23, 2024, which inspired a lot of Children and we’ve now named it National Space Day. You’ve had many records in Space. You reached Mars in the first attempt. We’ve launched more than 100 satellites in a single mission. You’ve sent Aditya-L1 to an orbit that’s 15-lakh-km away, not many countries have been able to do this. And in the short time of 2024 so far, you’ve already launched XpoSAT and Insat-3DS,” PM Modi added.

Indian space economy will increase five-fold to touch $40 billion in next 10 years. “India will become a big commercial hub for space and we will return to Moon in the coming years. We’ll bring samples back from there to increase our understanding and we’ll also explore Venus. By 2035, we’ll have a space station. And not just this, within this Amrit Kaal an Indian astronaut will land on Moon using an Indian spacecraft and rocket,” the Prime Minister further added.

Though decided four Astronauts for ISRO’s Gangayaan Mission, there is is no much information on timeline for this mission.