If the Ganganyaan mission is successful, India will be only the fourth nation in the world to have shown a capability of doing manned space missions, after the U.S., Russia, and China
The algae, the first-ever reported discovery of the genus Interfilum from India, has been named Interfilum shuklaii in honour of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, Indian Air Force test pilot and astronaut.