List of Indian Astronauts

List of Indian Astronauts

S. No.	Astronaut Name	Space Mission / Organisation	Category / Achievement / Status
1	Rakesh Sharma	Soyuz T-11 / Salyut 7	First Indian citizen to travel to space; flew in 1984 as part of a Soviet space mission.
2	Kalpana Chawla	NASA / Space Shuttle	Indian-born American astronaut; flew on STS-87 in 1997 and STS-107 in 2003.
3	Sunita Williams	NASA / International Space Station	American astronaut of Indian heritage; veteran of multiple space missions and long-duration ISS expeditions.
4	Shubhanshu Shukla	ISRO / Axiom Mission 4	Indian Air Force test pilot; pilot of Axiom-4 in 2025 and the first Indian to visit the International Space Station. Selected for the Gaganyaan programme.
5	Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair	ISRO / Gaganyaan	Indian Air Force test pilot and astronaut-designate; selected as the backup mission pilot for Axiom-4.
6	Ajit Krishnan	ISRO / Gaganyaan	Indian Air Force test pilot and astronaut-designate selected for India's first indigenous human spaceflight programme.
7	Angad Pratap	ISRO / Gaganyaan	Indian Air Force test pilot and astronaut-designate selected for the Gaganyaan programme.

Notes:

Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian citizen to travel to space in 1984.
Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams are Indian-born or Indian-origin astronauts who served in the United States space programme.
Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian to visit the International Space Station during Axiom Mission 4 in 2025.
Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan and Angad Pratap are astronaut-designates for Gaganyaan; selection does not necessarily mean assignment to a specific flight.
Gaganyaan is India's human spaceflight programme. Its first uncrewed mission was targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026, followed by further uncrewed tests before the first crewed flight.
Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams are included because of their Indian heritage, but they were American astronauts, not Indian government astronaut-designates.

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