India and the US on Monday stated they concluded the Strategic Framework for Human Spaceflight Cooperation to deepen interoperability in house and are working towards commencing superior coaching for ISRO astronauts on the NASA Johnson House Middle.
A fact-sheet issued by the US and India after the iCET Dialogue between US Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan and Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval stated the 2 sides are additionally exploring alternatives to take part within the Lunar Gateway Programme.
The Lunar Gateway Programme goals to construct an area station across the moon as a part of the collaborative Artemis programme spearheaded by the US. The very fact-sheet stated the talks between the 2 NSAs explored alternatives for India’s participation within the Lunar Gateway Programme, in addition to joint avenues for collaboration in different house applied sciences.
The 2 leaders additionally exchanged views on securing a provider for the first-ever joint effort between NASA and Indian House Analysis Organisation (ISRO) astronauts on the Worldwide House Station, which is able to mark a big milestone within the India-US house partnership and house exploration.
They famous the strengthening defence house cooperation by the second Superior Domains Protection Dialogue held on the Pentagon in Could that featured an India-US house table-top train and included bilateral professional exchanges on rising domains together with synthetic intelligence.
Additionally they famous that the house businesses of the 2 international locations are making ready for the launch of the NASA-ISRO Artificial Aperture Radar, a collectively developed satellite tv for pc that may map everything of the Earth’s floor twice each 12 days as a part of efforts to fight local weather change and different international challenges collectively.
The iCET talks additionally noticed the launch of a brand new partnership between the US House Power and the Indian startups — 114ai and 3rdiTech — together with on advancing house situational consciousness, knowledge fusion applied sciences, and infra-red sensor semiconductor manufacturing.
The 2 sides welcomed India’s remark of the US House Command’s World Sentinel Train at Vandenburg House Power Base in February and its return as a participant within the train in 2025.