Astronaut from Tamil Nadu in Gaganyaan Project | Who is this Ajith Krishnan?
✍️ India's ISRO is actively testing the Gaganyaan program to send humans into space. In 1984, India's Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to fly into space under the Soviet space program. After that for many years, while various projects were being implemented by ISRO for space exploration, researches for sending humans into space continued.
✍️ In that way, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had officially announced this scheme during his Independence Day speech in 2018. Subsequently, 12 soldiers from the Indian Air Force were selected for the space program and intensive training was given. Out of which 4 were finally selected and sent for final training in Russia. Their identities were kept secret.In this situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the 4 players in a program held at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Center in Thiruvananthapuram today. Group Captain Prashant Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Pratap, Ajith Krishnan and Subhash Shukla have been selected as India's first astronauts. All of them are Wing Commanders or Group Captains coming from the post. Group Captain Ajith Krishnan was born in Chennai, Tamil NaduWho is this Ajith Krishnan?

✍️ Group Captain Ajith Krishnan was born on 19th April 1982 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
He is a graduate from National Defense Academy (NDA).
He was awarded the President's Gold Medal and Sword of Honor for that year for his outstanding performance at the Air Force Training Academy.
✍️ Ajith Krishnan was commissioned into the Fighter Wing of the Indian Air Force on 21 June 2003.
* He is also an instructor for trainee pilots.
* He is also a test pilot for the Indian Air Force's newest aircraft, a very challenging job.
* He has more than 2,900 hours of flying experience.
* He has experience flying various aircraft including Su-30 MKI, MiG-21, MiG-21,
* Mig-29, Jaguar, Dornier, An-32.
* Trained at the Defense Staff Services College (DSSC) in Wellington.
* Through the Kaganyan project, the rocket and capsule are manufactured using indigenous technologies developed in India. The aim of the project is to travel 400 kilometers from Earth to space and return to Earth safely after 3 days of exploration.