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Govt clears air on four astronauts
The Morning Standard
|March 20, 2025
THE government on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that the four astronauts selected for Gaganyaan, India's first human space flight mission, have been kept out of the public glare to ensure that there were no distractions.
Responding to a question from Opposition on why these astronauts were kept away from public eyes, the government said the astronauts were undergoing certain acclimatisation and training programmes.
This story is from the March 20, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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