List of Indian astronauts explained

The following is a list of Indian astronauts, also known informally as Vyomanauts for indigenous missions by ISRO. The list excludes astronauts of Indian origin (NRI US Astronauts).

List

ISRO astronaut candidates for Indian Human Spaceflight Programme

See also: Indian Human Spaceflight Programme and Gaganyaan.

2019 Batch

	Name	Photograph	Rank	Born	Age during the mission	Mission(s) (dates)	Notes
1	Prasanth Nair		Group Captain	26 August 1976
2	Ajit Krishnan		Group Captain	19 April 1982			^[4]
3	Angad Pratap		Group Captain	17 July 1982			^[5]
4	Shubhanshu Shukla		Wing Commander	10 October 1985		Axiom Mission 4 (Planned for October 2024)	^[6]

See also

• List of Asian astronauts
• List of Indian mathematicians
• List of Indian scientists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cosmonaut Biography: Rakesh Sharma . Spacefacts.de . 6 July 2012.
2. Web site: Rakesh Sharma . Mapsofindia.com . 6 July 2012.
3. Web site: Abraham . Rohan . 'Rakesh Sharma or Ravish Malhotra? Only one of us would go up into space' . The Economic Times . 7 June 2024 . 23 July 2019.
4. News: 2024-02-27 . Meet 4 astronauts selected for Gaganyaan mission . 2024-02-27 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
5. News: Gaganyaan: India names astronauts for maiden space flight. Geeta. Pandey. bbc.com. BBC News. 27 February 2024. 27 February 2024.
6. Web site: 2024-08-05 . Axiom Mission 4 to ISS will include India, Poland, Hungary . 2024-08-09 . Axiom Space . en-US.