NASA Will Help ISRO On Multiple Space Projects; Bill Nelson

The American Space Agency, NASA, administrator Bill Nelson said NASA will help the ISRO on multiple projects in coming years. The American Space Agency will help train and send an Indian astronaut to space in 2024, launch the costliest satellite, and the interplanetary discovery probes.

NASA Chief Bill Nelson in India [Credit-Youtube]

According to The Times of India report, Indian astronauts will be on the International Space Station by the end of next year. This would be the first time in four decades that an Indian would travel to space after Rakesh Sharma's 1984 travel aboard the Soviet-era Soyuz T-11 spacecraft.

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Bill Nelson's Visit Will Strengthen India-US Space Cooperation:

According to media reports, Bill Nelson says, India is a great partner for the US and also a great future partner for the activities in space. He said the US will launch several private landers on the south pole of the Moon in the coming year. But India was the first to reach there, so congratulations to them.

Mr. Nelson will visit many cities in India to strengthen India-US cooperation on space in many sections. He met Union Space Minister Jitendra Singh and congratulated him on the successful landing of the lunar rover Chandrayaan-3.

 NASA and ISRO Co-operation on Multiple Projects:

The former US Senator from Florida said that NASA is ready to collaborate with India if India desires to build its own space station. Bill Nelson said,

"I think India..... to have a commercial space station by 2040. If India wants to collaborate with us............ we will be available. That is up to India."

When asked about the Indian astronaut space mission, he said, the selection of the astronaut will be done by the ISRO and NASA won't be a part of it. Details of the mission are being worked out by ISRO authorities.

He added that NASA is ready to collaborate with ISRO and plan an interplanetary mission with India but it all depends on ISRO. He says NASA and ISRO will jointly launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar [NISAR] in the first quarter of next year.

Bill Nelson with Rakesh Sharma [Credit-News9 Live]

The NISAR satellite would cost $1 billion, one of the world's costliest satellites. It will observe the surface of the Earth and its climate. The NISAR will especially measure any changes in Earth's surface, land, water, or any movement in ice mass.

The satellite will give a three-dimensional model, conveying important information about the future of planet Earth. He says NASA is also identifying opportunities in private astronaut missions for Indian astronauts and has meetings with leaders in Mumbai.

Nelson recalled when he saw India for the first time from space. Mr. Nelson flew to space on the Columbia spacecraft shuttle almost four decades ago. He is mesmerized when sharing those memories. 

"The first time I saw India was from space, ......................... in January 1986. I saw Sri Lanka first...... as I moved my eyes upward, I could see the entire India. Then I saw the Himalayas ....... top of the country that looked like heaven." 

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