Gaganyaan test mission to launch in December: Who is Prasanth Nair, astronaut who will join Shubhanshu Shukla?

Isro chief V Narayanan has confirmed that the space agency’s first Gaganyaan test flight will take place this December. Along with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the crew will also include three others, among them Kerala’s Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair. At the press briefing on Thursday, Nair compared himself to Laxman while referring to Shubhanshu Shukla as Ram

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