Gangayaan - journey of 4 Indian astronauts to Low Earth Orbit(LEO).

Pilots in the Air Force - Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap, and Shubhanshu Shukla were selected for the Gaganyaan program.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (main mission pilot), Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair (backup pilot) selected for Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station.

These astronauts will be trained for scientific research, technology demonstrations on the ISS, and public outreach activities.

Duration of Gaganyaan is up to 7 days, and India's 1st time sending humans into space.

ISRO's heavy lift launcher LVM3 rocket is chosen for Ganganyaan mission.

ISRO's Chairman S. Somanath announced a revised timeline of Ganganyaan pushing the launch to 2026..

ISRO signed Implementation Agreement (IA) with Australian Space Agency - to enhance collaboration on crew and crew module recovery efforts for the mission.

Signed on November 20 by D K Singh, Director of ISRO's Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), and Jarrod Powell, General Manager of ASA's Space Capability Branch.

On April 3 1984, Rakesh Sharma flew the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 and became the first Indian citizen to reach space.

2nd Indian in space - Gopichand Thotakura was one of the six crew members for Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin New Shepard -25 (NS-25) mission.