New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh felicitated Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, Group Captain PB Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, and Group Captain Angad Pratap who are part of Gaganyaan, ISRO's maiden space flight mission, during an event in New Delhi on August 24, 2025. He described the four Gaganyatris as gems of the country and pioneers of national aspirations.

Highlighting the expanding presence of India in space, Rajnath Singh said that space is not seen only as a field of research, but as the future of tomorrow's economy, security, energy, and humanity. He stated that India is steadily advancing beyond the Earth's surface into new frontiers of space, with a presence already marked from Moon to Mars, and is now ful...