The astronauts were coached at Russia s Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center where Rakesh Sharma the first Indian to go into space in 1984 was also trained.
The four astronauts-designates are already undergoing training at the Astronaut Training facility in Bengaluru. Three of them will fly aboard ISRO’s heaviest launcher – the LVM Mk-3, which has already been re-configured to meet the human rating requirements
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