India Selects Space Travellers For Gaganyaan Mission,Receiving Training in Bengaluru

Space News ,India :- According to a report from TOI, India is making big moves to send its first astronauts into space through the Gaganyaan mission. Currently, four potential astronauts are in training in Bengaluru, but their names haven't been officially announced by the government yet.

The chosen individuals are likely to be either wing commanders or group captains. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet these potential astronauts at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. If successful, India will become the fourth country to send a human into space. Here are the names of the four test pilots undergoing training for India's first human space mission.

According to TOI, only 12 test pilots who showed interest in the Gaganyaan mission managed to pass the first selection phase. The selection process occurred in 2019 at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Bengaluru, which falls under the Indian Air Force.

After several rounds of selection, Prashant Nair, Angad Pratap, Ajit Krishnan, and Chauhan were approved by IAM to participate in the Gaganyaan mission. In 2020, ISRO sent these four individuals to Russia for their initial training. The training concluded in 2021, with the Covid-19 pandemic contributing to a delay in the completion of training.