Gaganyaan space astronauts training to start this month

“Gaganyaan” space astronauts will start their training this month, most likely in the third week of January. The training of the astronauts for India’s first human space mission will take place in Russia.  Four astronauts have been identified for the mission. The four astronauts, shortlisted for the mission, will receive training for 11 months.  All the four astronauts selected for the mission are men but their identity cannot be revealed. 

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Though the first Indian to go into space was Rakesh Sharma in 1984 but the spacecraft in which he went was not Indian.  Therefore, Gaganyaan will be the first – ever human space mission conceived and developed in India, as a distinct illustration of the Prime Minister’s “Make in India” vision.