Goa, Feb. 27 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the names of four astronauts selected for India's Gaganyaan Mission, the country's maiden human space flight endeavour on Tuesday. The chosen astronauts undergoing rigorous training for the historic mission are Prashanth Nair, Angad Prathap, Ajit Krishnan, and Shubhanshu Shukla.

Preparations for the Gaganyaan Mission, India's first human space flight program, are well underway at various ISRO centers. The ambitious project aims to demonstrate India's capability in human spaceflight by launching crew members into a 400 km orbit for a three-day mission, safely returning them to Earth by landing in Indian sea waters.

ISRO recently achieved a significant milestone by completing acceptan...