Gaganyaan: Meet 4 astronauts undergoing training for India's 1st human space flight mission

All four - Group Captain Prashanth Nair, Group Captain Angad Pratap, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla - are IAF test pilots from Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment in Bengaluru. While a large number of test pilots had enrolled to become astronauts, 12 of them made it past the first level of selection completed in September 2019. After multiple rounds of selection, Institute of Aerospace Medicine and Isro then shortlisted the final four.

Gaganyaan: Meet 4 astronauts undergoing training for India's 1st human space flight mission
All four - Group Captain Prashanth Nair, Group Captain Angad Pratap, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla - are IAF test pilots from Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment in Bengaluru. While a large number of test pilots had enrolled to become astronauts, 12 of them made it past the first level of selection completed in September 2019. After multiple rounds of selection, Institute of Aerospace Medicine and Isro then shortlisted the final four.