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Amid Gaganyaan, duo shows moon is the limit for Indian travellers

A 22-year-old Gujarati actor Dev Joshi and a Kerala-based entrepreneur and state's planning board member Santhosh George Kulangara

Santhosh George Kulangara with Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group
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Santhosh George Kulangara with Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group

Shine Jacob Chennai
Gaganauts are not the only Indians gearing up to venture into outer space. Dev Joshi, a 22-year-old Gujarati actor, and Kerala-based entrepreneur and state planning board member Santhosh George Kulangara are ready to follow in the footsteps of Rakesh Sharma, who became the first and the only Indian citizen to travel in space way back in 1984. At a time when the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is rigorously training four Gaganauts or astronauts set to undertake its ambitious Gaganyaan human mission to space, the duo may well conquer the skies and even the Moon’s orbit ahead of the space