US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor stated that Washington desires India “by our facet” as the US returns to the Moon, revealing that NASA has formally invited ISRO to hitch its Moon base programme.
“India is a proud signatory of the Artemis Accords, and NASA has formally invited ISRO to hitch us within the Moon base program. Make no mistake: we’re going again to the Moon, and we would like India by our facet on the lunar floor,” Gor stated whereas talking on the Bengaluru House Expo 2026.
His remarks come as underneath Artemis missions, NASA will ship astronauts on more and more troublesome missions to discover extra of the Moon for scientific discovery, financial advantages, and to construct on basis for the primary crewed missions to Mars.
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Highlighting the India-US collaboration in house, Gor stated the NISAR mission demonstrated how joint expertise might straight contribute to saving lives.
“And once we have a look at NISAR, we see that NASA and ISRO did not construct a monument to scientific concept; they constructed a lifesaver. Actually,” he stated.
“When a devastating earthquake struck Venezuela simply two months in the past, NISAR’s radar information penetrated dense cloud cowl and mud to information emergency responders on to floor zero. That’s an instance of what nice issues can occur once we work collectively. That’s joint expertise saving human lives in actual time,” he added.
Gor additionally highlighted India’s rising function in human spaceflight, citing Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla‘s mission to the International Space Station and the following cooperation between the 2 nations.
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“Final yr, Group Captain Shukla flew to the Worldwide House Station, a landmark second for India, made doable via American partnership,” Gor stated.
“Following the Axiom-4 mission and 5 joint science investigations, we at the moment are taking a look at docking requirements, interoperability, and astronaut coaching. TRUST creates functionality. Functionality creates ambition. And ambition takes us past the stratosphere,” he added.
The US envoy additionally pitched higher alternatives for Indian house startups within the American market, highlighting firms together with Pixxel, GalaxEye, Digantara, Bellatrix, Skyroot and Agnikul.
“To each Indian house entrepreneur on this room: the American market is open to you. Our traders are watching you. Our ecosystems welcome you. We’re right here that can assist you make that leap,” Gor stated.
On broader cooperation in house governance, Gor stated Washington and New Delhi had been working collectively to determine world norms.
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“Collectively, we’re setting world norms: from house visitors coordination to the upcoming World Radiocommunication Convention in Shanghai. Washington and Delhi are standing shoulder to shoulder to guard open, rules-based house governance towards authoritarian dominance,” he stated.
Gor stated the India-US partnership might have a multiplying impact within the house sector.
“When the US and India work collectively, we don’t simply follow addition; we follow multiplication. Not even the sky is the restrict,” he stated.
“So from Bengaluru, allow us to look upwards. Allow us to work collectively to construct a worldwide house financial system. Allow us to return to the Moon collectively,” the US Ambassador stated.