• Gaganyaan is the first manned space program of ISRO
• The module will take three astronauts including a woman to the space
• Under the mission, three flights will be sent.
• The first two flights will be unmanned flights, with one flight carrying the humanoid Vyommitra
• The third flight is expected to be the manned spaceflight
• It is expected to orbit the Earth at low earth orbit at 300-400 Km
• It is to be launched by the advanced launch vehicle, GSLV Mk III or LMV III
• Russian government owned Glavkosmos is providing training for the Indian Astronauts for their space mission
• The first test demonstration is likely to take place in July 2023, with the first unmanned mission to be undertaken only after the success of two such demonstrations
• If it succeeds, India will be the fourth country to have sent a human to space, the other three being the US, Russia and China.

Why in news

• Indigenously developed parachutes for the safe return of the capsule that will carry astronauts under the proposed Gaganyaan programme are set to undergo fitment tests.

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/parachutes-for-re-entry-capsule-of-mission-gaganyaan-shipped-from-agra/article66847079.ece