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NXT IN SPACE
Astronauts,
cosmonauts and
India's space builders.
ABOUT THE FORUM
NXT in Space brings astronauts, scientists and the companies building India's space sector onto one stage, to ask what comes next beyond Earth.
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4
GAGANAUTS ON
ONE STAGE -
3
ASTRONAUTS
AND COSMONAUTS -
10+
SPACE COMPANY
CEOs
NXT 2026 HIGHLIGHTS
At NXT 2026, NASA astronaut Capt. Scott Kelly shared a stage with India's four Gaganauts, Grp Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla, Angad Pratap, Ajit Krishnan and Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, for sessions on Artemis and beyond and on the vision of a World Space Organisation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met them at the summit. The CEOs of Agnikul, Dhruva Space, Digantara, Bellatrix Aerospace and GalaxEye joined Lt Gen AK Bhatt of the Indian Space Association to discuss India's private space sector, and Larsen & Toubro and Astra Microwave Products joined a session on drones, AI and modern warfare. In 2025, NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh were among the space speakers, and Larsen & Toubro spoke on defence.
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