The head of the Russian agency has said the two countries will collaborate in engine building and space flights<\/p>\n
Russia and India plan to boost space cooperation significantly, the head of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has said.
\nPlans for mutually beneficial cooperation in the area will be revealed shortly, Dmitry Bakanov told Izvestia on Wednesday.
\n\u201cFields for collaboration include engine building, rocket fuel, piloted spaceflight, and the development of national orbital stations,\u201d Bakanov said.
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in New Delhi on a two-day state visit on December 4. Russia views Putin\u2019s visit as a major step toward deepening Moscow\u2019s partnership with the South Asian nation.\u00a0
\nPutin has also hinted at taking cooperation with India to a new level by enhancing technological ties.
\nDefense and space cooperation is likely to be high on the agenda during the visit. New Delhi and Moscow have partnered in the defense sector since the early 1960s.
\nIn 1984, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel to space aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft.
\nShubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), underwent an extensive training program with three others at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow in 2020.\u00a0
\nRussia is also working with India on its upcoming human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan.
\nIn January, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully completed the in-orbit docking of its SpaDeX satellites, making India the fourth country to achieve the milestone after Russia, the US, and China.
\nThe accomplishment is considered crucial for India\u2019s future space endeavors, such as building its own space station and sending an astronaut to the Moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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