- Four astronauts - Prashant Nair, Angad Pratap, Ajit Krishnan and Shubhanshu Shukla have been named for India's first manned space mission.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed the names of four astronauts for the Gaganyaan mission.
- The astronauts completed a one-year training course in the Russian city of Zvezdny Gorodok.
- Gaganyaan mission is India's first human space flight programme.
- Under the Gaganyaan project, crew members will be sent to a 400 km orbit for a three-day mission.
- ISRO has set up an Astronaut Training Facility in Bengaluru to train astronauts for manned missions.
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