Shubhanshu Shukla
Shubhanshu Shukla AC is a group captain in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and gaganyatri (astronaut) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Commissioned into the IAF in June 2006, he piloted a range of fighter aircraft, and served as a test pilot later. In 2019, he was one of the four men identified to be trained for the Gaganyaan mission of the ISRO, the Indian human spaceflight programme. In July 2025, he became the first Indian to visit the International Space Station as a part of the Axiom Mission 4, a privately organised spaceflight. He is the second Indian to travel to outer space, after Rakesh Sharma in 1984. In 2026, he was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the highest peacetime Indian military decoration.