NASA will train two Indian astronauts for a week-long trip to the International Space Station (ISS) in late 2024. The training is part of a major step towards international collaboration in space exploration. 

NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced the training during his visit to Delhi. He called India a “great future partner” and said the US would be open to collaborating on an Indian Space Station. 

India’s first space travel by an Indian citizen since Rakesh Sharma’s journey in 1984 is likely to take place as early as next year. India will decide the science objectives for the mission

Astronauts must undergo two years of required basic training in addition to six years of study and two years of professional experience. All of this adds up to around a decade of planning. Following that, astronauts may have to wait months or years before embarking on their first space journey

Nelson is currently on a week-long, multi-city visit to India to meet politicians and space agency officials in an attempt to boost NASA’s partnership with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Previously, both space agencies had pledged to cooperate on future space projects, including planetary defense and a joint effort concerning the ISS.

Terming India as a “great future partner”, Nelson said that US would be open to collaborate on an Indian Space Station. The Prime Minister called on Isro scientists to set up an Indian Space Station by 2035 and send an Indian to the moon by 2040

The first space travel by an Indian citizen after Rakesh Sharma’s pioneering journey in 1984 is likely to take place as early as next year. The US will help train and send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of 2024, Nasa administrator Bill Nelson announced here on Tuesday

The first space travel by an Indian citizen since Rakesh Sharma’s journey in 1984 is expected to take place in 2024. The US will help train and send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of 2024

Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to travel to space in 1984. His mission lasted 21 days and 40 minutes. Sharma was the 128th human to travel to space. 

Here are some other Indian astronauts: 

• Kalpana Chawla: The first Indian woman to travel in space 
• Ravish Malhotra: Served as a backup for Rakesh Sharma on the Soyuz T-11 
• Sunita Williams: Traveled to space in 2006

Indian astronauts are also called: Vyomnauts, Nabhonauts, Akashnauts, Gaganauts. 

The term “vyomanaut” comes from the Sanskrit word vyoman which means “sky” or “space”. 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a crewed spacecraft called Gaganyaan(full article source google)

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