India's Jahnavi Dangeti is a resident of Palakollu city in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Jahnavi is going to become the youngest Indian woman to travel to space in 2029. American private space agency Titan Space Industries (TSI) has included Jahnavi in its 2025 "Inaugural Astronaut Class". Jahnavi has been selected as an astronaut candidate from India.
23-year-old Jahnavi is a graduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering. She has been selected to travel in a Titans Space orbital flight that will last five hours. Expressing gratitude for this opportunity, Jahnavi took to Instagram and shared that she is incredibly honoured and excited.
As a child in Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh, Jahnavi Dangeti often believed the Moon quietly followed her. Years later, that childhood dream is steering her towards the stars in the most real way possible.
Jahnavi will undergo intensive astronaut training
Following this selection, Jahnavi also wrote about the next steps in the training stating that “Over the next three years starting in 2026, I’ll undergo intensive astronaut training through Titans Space’s ASCAN program.” This will include spacecraft systems, flight simulation, training and medical evaluations.
Inaugural mission set for 2029
The inaugural mission has been set for 2029, featuring 3 hours of sustained zero gravity. According to Jahnavi, it will offer a uniquely transformative environment for scientific research and human spaceflight advancement.
During the mission, the members will orbit the Earth twice and witness two sunrises and two sunsets. The mission is set to be headed by veteran NASA astronaut and retired US Army Colonel William McArthur Jr., who now serves as Chief Astronaut for Titans Space.
Jahnavi has trained in zero gravity, high altitude missions
Over the years, Jahnavi has been known for her active engagement in the shield of STEM and space research. She has trained in zero gravity, high altitude missions, space suite operations and planetary simulations. She is also the first Indian to be selected for NASA’s International Air and Space Program. For Jahnavi, this mission is an honour to fly under the leadership of someone with such extraordinary service.
She also thanked Titans Space, for this extraordinary opportunity, feeling proud in representing her Indian roots. “I’m proud to represent my roots and the incredible young dreamers I’ve met over the years—this mission is for all of us who look up and imagine the impossible,” Jahnavi wrote in the post.
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