At the eighth meeting of the US-India Civil Space Joint Working Group (Csjwg) meeting on Monday and Tuesday, discussions also covered collaboration in earth and space science as well as global navigation satellite systems, spaceflight safety and space situational awareness, and policies for commercial space activities, the Department said.
The meeting was co-chaired by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jennifer R. Littlejohn and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Associate Administrator Karen Feldstein on the US side and by Shantanu Bhatawdekar, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Scientific Secretary on the Indian side.
A highlight of the NASA-isro cooperation is the Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) mission, planned for next year.
It is expected to systematically map earth, using two different radar frequencies to monitor resources such as water, forests and agriculture.
It will provide information about ecosystems, the earth’s surface, natural hazards, sea level rise and the cryosphere,...
The meeting was co-chaired by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jennifer R. Littlejohn and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Associate Administrator Karen Feldstein on the US side and by Shantanu Bhatawdekar, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Scientific Secretary on the Indian side.
A highlight of the NASA-isro cooperation is the Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) mission, planned for next year.
It is expected to systematically map earth, using two different radar frequencies to monitor resources such as water, forests and agriculture.
It will provide information about ecosystems, the earth’s surface, natural hazards, sea level rise and the cryosphere,...
- 2/1/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Strengthening cooperation in human space flight through an exchange that includes advanced training for an Indian astronaut at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, was among the initiatives launched at the inaugural meeting of the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) in Washington on Tuesday, the White House said.
National Security Advisers (Nsa) Ajit Doval of India and Jake Sullivan of the US led the iCET meeting at which space, scientific, defence and commerce officials participated.
Another initiative at the iCET meeting was to include planetary defence in the agenda of the US-India Civil Space Joint Working Group (Csjwg), according to the White House.
The US planetary defence programme monitors asteroids and comets to identify those that can potentially cause harm to the earth and issue warnings and develop actions to mitigate their effect.
Cooperation with the US on manned space flight would be a departure for India,...
National Security Advisers (Nsa) Ajit Doval of India and Jake Sullivan of the US led the iCET meeting at which space, scientific, defence and commerce officials participated.
Another initiative at the iCET meeting was to include planetary defence in the agenda of the US-India Civil Space Joint Working Group (Csjwg), according to the White House.
The US planetary defence programme monitors asteroids and comets to identify those that can potentially cause harm to the earth and issue warnings and develop actions to mitigate their effect.
Cooperation with the US on manned space flight would be a departure for India,...
- 2/1/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Richard Branson aims to notch a milestone for private space travel with Sunday’s launch of Virgin Galactic’s Vss Unity Spaceship Two from New Mexico.
Branson, the Virgin Group business mogul who founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, will be part of a crew of six who are hoping to demonstrate the viability of the company’s plans for commercial space travel. The Vss Unity launch from Virgin Galactic’s 27-square-mile Spaceport America facility near Truth or Consequences, N.M., will be carried on a live stream offered via the Virgin Galactic website starting at 6 a.m. Pt.
From dream to reality, this is the story of @VirginGalactic. The next chapter begins tomorrow. Watch the #Unity22 launch live at 6 am Pt | 9 am Et | 2 pm BST on https://t.co/PcvGTmA661 pic.twitter.com/ETa6KXRW5F
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) July 10, 2021
Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’ “The Late Show,” was recruited earlier...
Branson, the Virgin Group business mogul who founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, will be part of a crew of six who are hoping to demonstrate the viability of the company’s plans for commercial space travel. The Vss Unity launch from Virgin Galactic’s 27-square-mile Spaceport America facility near Truth or Consequences, N.M., will be carried on a live stream offered via the Virgin Galactic website starting at 6 a.m. Pt.
From dream to reality, this is the story of @VirginGalactic. The next chapter begins tomorrow. Watch the #Unity22 launch live at 6 am Pt | 9 am Et | 2 pm BST on https://t.co/PcvGTmA661 pic.twitter.com/ETa6KXRW5F
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) July 10, 2021
Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’ “The Late Show,” was recruited earlier...
- 7/10/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
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