From H-1 to H-1B: The Indian thread running through NASA’s history

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,...

Priyanka Srivastava: The NASA space engineer behind Perseverance Rover’s successful landing on Mars

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...