Question: ISRO has identified how many astronauts for India’s maiden manned space mission ‘Gaganyaan’?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
Answer:(b)
Related facts:
- On January 1, 2020, ISRO chief K Sivan announced that , 4 astronauts have been identified for the India’s first manned space mission Gaganyaan.
- The astronauts were selected based on the results of the medical examinations including fitness tests conducted at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) a premier institute of the Indian Air Force and in Russia.
- They are all from the Indian Air Force and the training of astronauts will begin in January in Russia.
- Gaganyaan is a 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.
- If Gaganyaan is successful, India would become the fourth nation to achieve the feat.
Links:
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/gaganyaan-4-astronauts-identified-isro-k-sivan-1633024-2020-01-01
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/4-astronauts-for-india-s-first-manned-mission-to-space-gaganyaan-identified-isro-11577873182776.html