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Lauding India’s ‘Chandrayaan 3’, the diplomat said that last year, India made its lunar mission a success at a fraction of the cost that the United States incurred on a similar mission
The United States is all set to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of 2024, revealed US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti.
The US envoy further said that by the end of this year, the NISAR project, a joint Earth-observing mission between the US space agency NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will most likely be launched.
“We are going to put an Indian astronaut into the International Space Station this year,” Garcetti said.
“We promised when PM (Narendra) Modi came (to the US in 2023) that by the end of this year, we will do this and our mission is still on track to be able to go in space this year,” he added.
The US ambassador spoke on the sidelines of an event organised to mark the United States’ 248th Independence Day.
He then said that both India and the United States should consider coordinating research and collaborating around the critical emerging technologies so that they can fully make use of each other’s strengths.
Lauding India’s ‘Chandrayaan 3’, the diplomat said that last year, India made its lunar mission a success at a fraction of the cost that the United States incurred on a similar mission.
“The US has some capacities that India still doesn’t have today. When the two are combined, both countries have those capacities,” he said.
Garcetti further speaking about the civilian nuclear energy arena, said that after the general elections in the country, the Indian government can address liability issues and move forward “arm in arm and hand in hand”.
Two sites in India- Mithi Virdhi in Gujarat and Kovadda in Andhra Pradesh- have been reserved for US firms to construct more nuclear reactors.
(With inputs from agencies)
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