The Indian Air Force has completed the first level of selecting astronauts for the ambitious Gaganyaan mission from its pool of test pilots.
The test pilots underwent necessary extensive physical exercise tests, lab investigations, radiological tests, clinical tests and evaluation on various aspects of their psychology, it said on Friday.
Air Force sources said 25 test pilots were part of the initial selection process.
This will be a multi-layered selection process and only 2-3 test pilots will make it to the final list, the sources added.
“#MissionGaganyaan -IAF completed Level-1 of Indian Astronaut selection at Institute of Aerospace Medicine.
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