Gaganyaan Mission

• The Gaganyaan is a crewed space mission of ISRO. It is expected to be launched in 2024.

•  Indian astronauts received their training from Russia’s ROSCOSMOS to fly to space in the mission. 

• HAL designed and built the crew module. 

• DRDO is to provide food for the astronauts, parachutes, and a fire suppression system and will monitor the health of the crew while they are in space. 

• The Indian Navy and ISRO recently conducted recovery trials along with Indian Navy.

•  The simulation was provided by the Water Survival Test Facility of ISRO.