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Only the US, China, and Russia/USSR have launched astronauts to orbit. But India is now close to joining this exclusive group of spacefaring nations. In February India unveiled their first Gaganyaan mission astronauts, now slated to launch on an Indian capsule from an Indian rocket in 2025.


Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled the country’s first astronauts with a plan to launch them in 2025, and with the ultimate hope of future Indian crews reaching the moon by 2040.

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