Gaganyaan mission: Gaganyaan, the flagship project of ISRO, envisages the demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of three members to an orbit of 400 kms for three days and bringing them back safely to earth, by landing in sea waters.
Tomy, who suffered a back injury, is being picked up by the Indian Navy frigate INS Satpura for return to India, the Australian Navy said in a statement in Sydney.
The French fisheries patrol boat Osiris rescued Tomy, 39, along with Irishman Gregor McGuckin, 32, late Monday after their boats lost masts in a storm on Friday.
Tomy, 39, who was sailing as part of the Golden Globe Race (GGR) - a solo sailboat race around the world -- drifted in the sea for three days before he was rescued by French fishing vessel Osiris, officials said.
Watch how Indian Navy rescued Abhilash Tomy from the jaws of death.
The naval sailor-cum-sportsperson participating in the GGR-2018, was caught in a huge storm on Friday, 5,020 km from Cape Comorin, India and 3,500 km from Perth, Australia, in the Indian Ocean.
Mumbai, Aug 11: An audio-visual version of the national anthem features Lieutenant Commander Abhilash Tomy hoisting the tricolour on the high seas off Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South Africa during his extraordinary
Mumbai, Apr 7 : Naval pilot Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy was welcomed on Saturday at the Gateway of India by President Pranab Mukherjee, after he set the record of being the first Indian to sail
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