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HYDERABAD: Four years from now, an Indian-American with family roots in Telangana’s Mahbubnagar district may well be walking on the moon.
The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has announced Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari’s name in the 18-member ‘Artemis’ team selected for the ambitious lunar exploration programme. Chari would be the third Indian-American in space after Kalpana Chawla in 1997 and Sunita Williams in 2006. He was among those chosen from 18,000 applicants in 2017 when the NASA announced the Artemis programme.
“Meet Raja Chari, an initial member of the Nasa’s Artemis team who will help pave the way for the next human missions on and around the moon,” Nasa Aeronautics said in an announcement about Raja Chari on Twitter.
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Florida: NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the next astronaut missions on and around the Moon as part of the Artemis program.
Vice President Mike Pence introduced the members of the Artemis Team on Wednesday during the eighth National Space Council meeting at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Chari joined the astronaut corps in 2017. A colonel in the U.S. Air Force, he was raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He received a bachelor’s degree in astronautical engineering and a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics.