Gaganyaan: Meet The Four Astronauts For India's First Manned Moon Mission

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday revealed the names of the four astronauts selected for the Gaganyaan mission, India's first manned mission to the moon.

The four astronauts are Group Captain Prasanth Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Subhanshu Shukla.

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PM Modi introduce India's moon mission crew

The four astronauts were trained at Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.

Prime Minister Modi introduced the four astronauts to the world during a function at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in the Kerala capital.

The PM also bestowed ¡®astronaut wings¡¯ to the four astronaut-designates.

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Congratulate them on behalf of the country

¡°I am happy that today I got the opportunity to meet these astronauts and present them in front of the country. I want to congratulate them on behalf of the entire country...You are the pride of today's India,¡± PM Modi said.

"India's success in the space sector is sowing the seeds of scientific temperament in the country's young generation," PM Modi said, adding that "As India is set to become the top-3 economy of the world, at the same time the country's Gaganyaan is also going to take our space sector to a new height."

Gaganyaa: India's first manned space mission

The Gaganyaan mission is India's first human space flight program for which extensive preparations are underway at various ISRO centres.

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As per ISRO, Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of three members to an orbit of 400 km for a three days mission and bringing them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters.

Training of India's Gaganyaan crew

The pre-requisites for Gaganyaan mission include the development of many critical technologies including human-rated launch vehicle for carrying the crew safely to space, a Life Support System to provide an earth-like environment to crew in space, crew emergency escape provision and evolving crew management aspects for training, recovery and rehabilitation of crew.

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