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US looks to include Indian firms in NASA lunar project; NISAR in 2024, Isro astronaut may visit NASA Centre - Times of India

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[ad_1] BENGALURU: The White House, in a fresh statement issued on Indo-US strategic partnership said the countries would strengthen co-operation on human spaceflight, including establishing exchanges that will include advanced training for an Isro astronaut at NASA Johnson Space Center. Another key aspect identified was innovative approaches for the commercial sectors of the two countries to collaborate, especially with respect to activities related to NASA’s commercial lunar payload services (CLPS) project. “Within the next year, NASA, with Isro, will convene US CLPS companies and Indian aerospace companies to advance this initiative,” the statement read. It added that the two countries would initiate new STEM talent exchanges by expanding the professional engineer and scientist exchange programme (PESEP) to include space science, Earth science, and human spaceflight and extending a standing invitation to Isro to participate in NASA’s biennial international programme management...