Mission Gaganyaan

Gaganyaan, announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, is the ₹10,000-crore first Indian Human Space Flight Programme (HSP) scheduled for 2022 when India completes 75 years of Independence.
It is designed to have 3-7 crew members spend 3-7 days in space in a 400-km orbit (Low Earth Orbit or LEO).

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With this, India could potentially become the fourth country to send a man to space, after the erstwhile USSR, the US and China. (Denmark also has a manned space flight scheduled for 2022)
The first of the two pre-Gaganyaan flights with a humanoid will be launched soon along with some of the six shortlisted micro-gravity experiments.
GSLV Mk III, the three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle, will be used to launch Gaganyaan as it has the necessary payload capability.

Four pilots from the Indian Air Force (IAF) were shortlisted to receive training as astronauts of Gaganyaan.
The chosen astronauts have begun their 12-month training at the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre (GCTC) in Moscow.
ISRO unveiled its first ‘woman’ astronaut ‘Vyomamitra’, a Lady robot. It is a half-humanoid.
Vyommitra will ride to space in the first test flight of the human space mission, Gaganyaan.
The humanoid will simulate the human functions required for space before real astronauts take off before August 2022.

As part of steps to deepen cooperation in civil space activities, the space agencies of India and Australia were working together to position temporarily Indian tracking facilities in Australia.
This would support India’s planned human space flight programme-Gaganyaan.

India, Australia space cooperation is underpinned by a formal Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two countries in 2012.
Both nations have been collaborating since 1987 to support data calibration and laser raging for Indian satellites, launching Australian satellites, and conducting joint research.
At a virtual summit in June, both countries elevated the bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and put in place practical agreements on cybersecurity, emerging technology and critical minerals.

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