US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi discussed space cooperation ahead of the G20 Summit.
Following Prime Minister Modi’s official state visit to the US this year in June, the US has confirmed its commitment to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time later this year.
A joint statement released by the two sides ahead of the G20 Summit said that the US President and the Indian Prime Minister discussed the matter once again before finalizing the trip to ISS.
The two leaders discussed about the various pathways that could lead to a positive outcome in all sectors related to spac cooperation. The two leaders also appreciated all the efforts being made to establish a commercial group under the India-US Civil Space Joint Working Group.
The ISS, launched in November 1998, is one of the two space stations which are located in the Lower Earth Orbit (LEO). The other LEO is China’s Tiangong Space Station (TSS). The ISS is a result of ten years of hard work which took cutting-edge scientific collaboration and more than thirty years to assemble, with five space agencies working around the clock. The five space agencies represent fifteen countries.
The statement released by the two states mentions the following:
“Determined to deepen our partnership in outer space exploration, ISRO and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have commenced discussions on modalities, capacity building, and training for mounting a joint effort to the International Space Station in 2024 and are continuing efforts to finalise a strategic framework for human space flight cooperation by the end of 2023.”
In addition to announcing the sending of the first Indian astronaut to the ISS, President Biden congratulated ISRO and Indian scientists on successfully landing on the South Pole of the Moon where no spac agencies have traveled before. Furthermore, the US President expressed his joy on India’s first solar mission, Aditya L1.
India became the 27th signatory of the Artemis Accord after PM Modi signed the official document during his state visit to the US this year. The non-binding multilateral agreement proposes the participating countries resend humans to the Moon by 2025.
Elizebeth Varghese, People in Space Leader at Deloitte, told the following to Business Today:
“As a global space community, we have been trying to formulate some shared perspectives on space exploration, how it should be accomplished, and who should benefit. The Artemis Accords were one of the first recent efforts to advance the original principles laid out almost 50 years ago and are set up to be building blocks.”
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