Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:57am on 23 May 2024,Thursday Science
The US will send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2024, announced US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti. This mission follows a promise made during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit in 2023. Additionally, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) project, an Earth-observing mission, is set to launch this year. Garcetti highlighted the collaboration's benefits, emphasizing India's cost-effective lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3. He also mentioned the potential for advancing civilian nuclear energy cooperation, pending resolution of liability issues post-Indian elections.
