Prime Minister Narendra Modi bestows Astronaut wings to the astronaut-designates who have been selected for #Gaganyaan , 🇮🇳 India's human spaceflight mission :
Indian astronauts selected to go to space as part of the Gaganyaan mission are :
1. Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair
2. Group Captain Ajit Krishnan
3. Group Captain Angad Pratap
4. Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla
Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching crew of 3 members from Satish Dhawan Space Centre , Sriharikota into an approximately 400 Km Low Earth Orbit for a 3 days mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters.
