Meet the Fabulous 4 astronauts of ‘Gaganyaan’, India’s first manned space mission

The four astronauts underwent comprehensive training at Russia’s Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (Image: News18 creative)

Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair is a Cat A Flying Instructor and a Test Pilot with approx 3,000 hours of flying experience. (Image: News18 Creative)

Group Captain Angad Pratap is a flying instructor and a test pilot with approximately 2,000 hours of flying experience. (Image: News18 Creative)

Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla is a fighter combat leader and a test pilot with approximately 2,000 hours of flying experience. (Image: News18 Creative)

Group Captain Ajit Krishnan is a flying instructor and a test pilot with approximately 2,900 hours of flying experience. (Image: News18 Creative)