CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Gaganyaan mission will be ISRO’s first manned space mission and will take three Indian astronauts, including a woman, on board the GSLV MK III launch vehicle to the Earth’s low earth orbit. The spacecraft will circle the earth for 5-7 days and will showcase India’s capability in the science and technology sector.

Detailed explanation-2: -He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although there have been other astronauts of Indian origin who travelled to space, who were not Indian citizens. Another Air Force pilot, Ravish Malhotra, was placed on standby.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching crew of 3 members to an orbit of 400 km for a 3 days mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters.

Detailed explanation-4: -Launch of Vikram-S (Prarambh mission), a suborbital launch vehicle from M/s Skyroot Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, was accomplished successfully on 18th November 2022. First private launchpad & mission control center established by M/s Agnikul Cosmos Pvt.