Jahnavi Dangeti eyes role as India's first female astronaut

Jahnavi Dangeti, inspired since childhood by her grandmother’s tales of lunar legends and astronauts like Rakesh Sharma, Sunita Williams, and Kalpana Chawla, dreams of becoming India’s first female astronaut. She has now been selected to join the Titan’s Orbital Port Space Station, a U.S.-based project set to launch within the next four years.

“When Isro calls for female astronauts, I want to be there,” she said at the India Today Conclave South underway in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore.