U.S. Agrees To Fly Indian Astronaut To ISS

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded astronaut wings to ISRO's Prashanth Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap and Shubhanshu Shukla in February ahead of India's upcoming debut human spaceflight.

Credit: ISRO
The Biden administration on June 17 announced its intention to fly an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a growing U.S.-India collaboration in space. With China leading its own human space program and Russia planning to leave the 15-nation ISS partnership when the...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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