Representational photo: Raja Chari

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NASA Picks Indian-American Astronaut For 2024 Lunar Mission

An Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari has been selected in NASA's 18-member lunar mission team of astronauts. The US Air Force Colonel Chari, whose father immigrated from Hyderabad,  had joined the Astronaut corps in 2017. Named as ‘Artemis Team’ the members were introduced by the vice-president Mike Pence during National Space Council meeting. NASA said this team will include the first woman and next man to walk on moon’s surface by 2024… read-more

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 - 04:22 PM / by Harsh Vardhan

Tags: NASA, Astronaut, moon, Mike Pence, Raja Chari

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