4 astronauts identified for Gaganyaan mission: Isro chief K Sivan

Lucknow: After the successful Chandrayaan mission by India, ISRO is all set with four astronauts who are chosen for the nation's upcoming mission, 'Gaganyaan ,' India's space agency Isro said today.

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Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to send astronauts to space for a minimum of seven days by 2022, as part of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Isro chief K Sivan said many of Gaganyaan's systems needed to be tested, and that crew training would be a major activity this year.

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Sivan said India's next moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, had been approved and would mostly be launched next year.

The ongoing moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, has been largely successful -- but the Vikram lander failed to soft-land on the Moon in September. Nasa recently published images of debris at the crash site, with help from a Chennai techie.

K Sivan also said land acquisition for a second spaceport in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu -- measuring 2,300 acres -- had been initiated.

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