In February 2024 four Indian Air Force pilotsâShubhanshu Shukla, Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, and Angad Pratapâwere announced as astronauts-designate at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. They are selected for Indiaâs first crewed spaceflight program, Gaganyaan, which is scheduled to launch a crewed flight to low Earth orbit in 2027.
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