February 11, 2025

The Charge D’Affaires, Embassy of USA to India, H.E. Jorgan Kendal Andrews, visited Antariksh Bhavan today (February 11, 2025) and met with the Chairman, ISRO/Secretary, DOS, Dr. V. Narayanan.

Chairman, ISRO/Secretary, DOS, in his welcome remarks, highlighted the growing bilateral space cooperation involving stakeholders from both sides and the important role played by the Embassies of both sides for the same.

Charge D’Affaires congratulated ISRO for the landmark achievements like Chandrayaan-3 Lunar landing and docking experiment in Space (SpaDeX) and appreciated growing space ecosystem in India as the result of space sector reforms.

Readiness of ISRO-NASA joint satellite (NISAR) for launch, advancements in ISRO-NASA joint mission to International Space Station (ISS), participation of US industries in the upcoming Global Conference on Space Exploration (GLEX2025, May 7-9, 2025 at New Delhi), convening of Space Business Forum as an outcome of Commercial space sub-working group interactions were discussed.

Both sides emphasised the role of space cooperation for building greater bilateral cooperation and affirmed to continue their efforts in further strengthening the same.