Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, one of many 4 designated ISRO astronauts to fly the Gaganyaan Mission flight, throughout an interactive session with college students of Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN

Indian Air Force Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, who’s a part of India’s Gaganyaan Mission, on Wednesday mentioned that coaching for it’s persevering with with full vitality.

He was chatting with reporters after interacting with the scholars of Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School at Thycaud right here.

Mr. Balakrishnan Nair mentioned that India will, in 2027, ship its first particular person to house “from our capsule,” however numerous exams stay to be carried out earlier than that. First a robotic, ‘Vyom Mitra,’ shall be despatched as a part of the exams after which there shall be many different missions.

“There shall be a steady programme and the centre of it’ll be between Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru,” he mentioned.

Regarding the coaching for the mission, he mentioned “it’s persevering with with full vitality” and that your entire Gaganyaan group was “indebted” to the Indian authorities, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the Air Force for coaching them properly and choosing them.

Group Captains Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Pratap, and Ajit Krishnan, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla are the four-member Gaganyaan crew.

Regarding his interactions with the schoolchildren, he termed it as a “good expertise.” He mentioned he spoke to the kids in regards to the Gaganyaan Mission and the coaching for it.

According to the ISRO, the Gaganyaan programme goals to exhibit India’s functionality to launch a crewed spacecraft into low Earth orbit for 3 days.

Published – September 24, 2025 11:23 pm IST

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