A 23-year-old Indian girl is making history by getting selected as an astronaut candidate for a future mission with an American space research agency. Jahnavi Dangeti is a space enthusiast from Andhra Pradesh who is currently an Electronics and Communication Engineering student at Lovely Professional University. Here’s everything you need to know about the talented young aspiring astronaut.
Who Is Jahnavi Dangeti
Before enrolling in Lovely Professional University in Punjab, Jahnavi did her schooling in the Godavari region of Andhra Pradesh. Her parents live in Kuwait. In 2022, she made headlines for becoming the youngest foreign analogue astronaut and the first Indian selected by the Analogue Astronaut Training Centre (AATC) in Kraków, Poland.
Jahnavi Dangeti also participated in the NASA-backed International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) and was a part of the data collection of asteroids from Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS telescope.
What Is The Space Mission
The US-based private space research organisation which has selected Jahnavi Dangeti is called Titans Space Industries. In a mail with The Hindu, TSI confirmed the news of Jahnavi’s selection. Jahnavi Dangeti also shared this achievement by posting on Instagram. Her caption read, ‘I’m incredibly honoured and excited to announce that I have been officially selected as an Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) for Titans Space – Inaugural Class of 2025.’
The first mission for Titans Space is set for 2029, and it is an orbital flight lasting for a period of 5 hours. The mission will feature 3 hours of sustained zero gravity and will offer a transformative environment for scientific research. Titans Space said that the orbital flight will orbit the Earth twice and witness two sunrises as well as two sunsets.
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