Exclusive: NASA To Train 2 Indians, Send One Of Them To Space - ISRO Chief To NDTV

India and the US on June 17 had concluded the Strategic Framework for Human Spaceflight Cooperation to deepen interoperability in space

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) work to send an astronaut to space in a joint project with the US' NASA is going on as scheduled, the Indian agency's chief Dr S Somanath told NDTV in an exclusive interview.

Of the four astronauts that India had chosen, two will be sent to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for training, and one of them will be selected for the space mission, Dr Somanath said.

"Similarly, the other two will also get training of a different kind... So all four of them will go through certain levels of training through this programme. Many engineers will also be trained by NASA to handle other aspects of space flight," Dr Somanath said.