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Gaganyaan astronaut-designate and IAF test pilot Prasanth Nair gets Kirti Chakra

NEW DELHI: Indian astronaut-designate and IAF Air Commodore Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair (call sign ‘Papa’), one of the four Gagannauts selected for India’s first human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan, on Monday received the Kirti Chakra from President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.Kirti Chakra is India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award and recognises courage, devotion to duty and distinguished…

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