17-year-old Aditya Pandya becomes India's youngest male analog astronaut after completing AAKA Space's lunar habitat mission
Feb 09, 2026
New Delhi [India], February 9: AAKA Space Studio, a space research and simulation organisation and a registered ISRO Space Tutor working on planetary analog environments, successfully conducted a lunar-habitat-inspired analog astronaut mission designed to simulate isolation, habitat living, and autonomous operations under Moon-like conditions. The mission was carried out from 1st February to 8th February . in the white plains of Dholavira, Kutch.