India and US are at present working collectively to get Indian astronauts aboard the Worldwide Area Station and that too as early as in 2024,. The bilateral assembly joint assertion between PM Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden said that Indian astronauts and US area company NASA will extensively collaborate to get this performed.
Biden outlined the framework of the India-US deal when he mentioned, “From designing new methods to diagnosing and treating new sicknesses like most cancers and diabetes to collaboration on human area flight, together with on sending an Indian astronaut to the Worldwide Area Station in 2024.”
Prime Minister Modi additionally Declared a Signing of the Artemis Accords, Indicating a Momentous Leap Forward. It will solidify India’s area commitments to area missions and exhibits curiosity in taking part in future area missions.
The journey to the Worldwide Area Station will probably happen earlier than the Gaganyaan mission. Actually, Indian astronauts who’ve been coaching for the Gaganyaan mission will probably be chosen to fly to the ISS, reviews the Indian Specific. They’ve been coaching for the mission for 3 years, however there isn’t any certainty when the Gaganyaan mission will take off. Additionally, the Indian astronauts will obtain fiurther coaching by the US area company NASA.
Notably, NASA sends astronauts from varied different nations routinely to the ISS. These aboard at present are, Frank Rubio from NASA (US), Dmitri Petelin from Roscosmos (Russia), Sultan Alneyadi from UAE (United Arab Emirates), Woody Hoburg from NASA (US), Stephen Bowen from NASA (US), Andrey Fedyaev from Roscosmos (Russia), and Commander Sergey Prokopyev from Roscosmos (Russia).
