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Topic: Gaganyaan

Abu Dhabi temple — a means to strengthen India-UAE relations

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Special parachutes, cramped capsule — how Gaganyaan will take 3 astronauts to space & bring them back

ISRO is developing and testing life support and escape systems, engines, and special parachutes for India's maiden human spaceflight mission. The test flight is likely in July 2025.

Making of 4 astronauts for Gaganyaan — rigorous training, medical & fitness tests, survival tasks

Training footage released by ISRO reveals aspects of survival training, parabolic weightlessness, extreme g-force simulation, psychological tests, and more.

10K-plus combined flying hours, IAF tested & ISRO selected — Meet 4 crew members of Gaganyaan

Captain Prasanth Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla are undergoing training for India's maiden human space flight.

Modi introduces India to first 4 astronaut candidates for maiden human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan

Three of the veteran Air Force pilots will eventually take part in the 7-day mission which is projected to be launched by 2025.

PM Modi reveals names of astronauts for Gaganyaan mission

PM bestowed 'astronaut wings' to Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Prathap, Ajit Krishnan, and Shubhanshu Shukla at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) this morning.

Crucial test for ISRO’s Gaganyaan tomorrow — how crew will escape if mission is aborted

Test flight at Sriharikota to last just over 8 minutes. It will check deceleration systems, parachute deployment, and structural integrity of crew module after separation from spacecraft.

At meeting on Gaganyaan progress, Modi outlines country’s space goals. ‘Indian on moon by 2040’

PM Narendra Modi Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to assess Gaganyaan mission's readiness. 1st demonstration flight of 'Crew Escape System Test Vehicle' scheduled on 21 October.

After Moon, ISRO sets its eyes on Mars landing — ‘it’s an aspiration, work yet to begin’

ISRO chief S. Somanath details the agency’s planned missions, declines to comment on Chandrayaan-3, whose lander and rover were put to sleep when first lunar night set in.  

Chandrayaan-3 launch a  step forward for India’s maiden crewed mission Gaganyaan, says ISRO chief Somnath

Chandrayaan-3 launch vehicle LVM3 is equipped with human-rated engines. Once all its components are human-rated, it will be called 'human-rated LVM3' or HVLM3 — the Gaganyaan launch vehicle.

On Camera

Hyderabad’s broken roads make Revanth Reddy’s ‘Future City’ goal hard to believe

How can the Telangana government plan to build a world-class ‘Bharat Future City’ out of Hyderabad when it can’t even provide basic infrastructure?

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.