by Amrita Priya | Oct 9, 2025
(October 9, 2025) Indian talent at NASA has been a defining presence since the earliest days of America’s space programme. From IIT-trained engineers who joined NASA’s research centres in the 1960s to astronauts Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams,...
by Namrata Srivastava | Feb 1, 2023
(February 1, 2023) I was on a call with NASA’s Mission Control, Houston for about an hour before my 10:30 pm interview with SpaceX Crew-3 Commander Raja Jon Vurputoor ‘Grinder’ Chari, which was scheduled to be telecasted live on NASA TV on January 28, 2022....
by Darshana Ramdev | Dec 30, 2022
They’re the movers-and-shakers at NASA and leaders in healthcare, space tech, engineering and gastronomy the world over. Global Indians are preceded by their reputation for excellence in scientific thought and research and have continued to prove themselves as...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jun 15, 2022
(June 15, 2022) The year was 2003. The unfortunate news of Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrating over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere had overwhelmed the entire world. While India mourned the demise of Kalpana Chawla, a young girl in...
