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Indian-American US Air Force Colonel Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari made history this week, when he was named among 18 astronauts who have been selected by NASA for its ambitious manned mission to the moon and beyond on December 9. The 43-year-old is the sole Indian-origin member of NASA’s diverse Artemis Team, which is set to land the first woman and next man on the Moon in 2024 and establish a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface by the end of the decade, the American space agency said. Proud to be a small part of the huge Read| While India is yet to launch a manned space flight, four Indian astronauts will soon complete their training at Russia’s Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow in preparation for the country’s first crewed Gaganyaan project. Here is a list of all Indian and Indian-origin astronauts Rakesh Sharma On April 3, 1984, Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 rocket to the space station Salyut 7. In 1984, former Indian Air Force pilot Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to travel into space. He was selected as a cosmonaut for a space mission launched jointly by the Indian Space Research Organisation ( On April 3, 1984, he flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 rocket to the space station Salyut 7. When then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked him what India looked like from outer space, Sharma famously said, “Saare Jahaan se Achcha”. Soon after he returned from space, he was conferred with the ‘Hero of Soviet Union’ award, making...

Raja J Chari, a US astronaut of Indian Origin and a member of the US Air Force, has been nominated for a key role in the US Air Force. President Joe Biden has nominated Chari for the rank of Brigadier General in the US Air Force. The nomination needs to be approved by the US Senate before it can be confirmed. The Brigadier General is a one-star General Rank that is just below Major-General and works as a high-level staff level officer. Hyderabad-born Srinivas Chari, Chari’s father, emigrated to the US after pursuing an engineering degree in the States. Chari was raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and completed his schooling at Columbus High School in Waterloo, Iowa. He then went to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado for his Bachelor’s in Astronautical Engineering, before continuing to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to earn a master’s in Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Chari grew up in Cedar Falls. Chari graduated from Waterloo Columbus High School in 1995 before he earned a bachelor’s degree in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. Chari then earned a master’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before graduating from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland. Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Class. He was assigned to be the Commander of the Crew-3 mission. Wednesday's launch was Chari's first trip to space. He has accumulated more than 2,500 hours of flight time in a variety of aircraft. Chari was on board of the Crew Dragon 3 in November 2021 and went to the International Space Station. Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green will be presenting this award in the bandshell at Overman Park on June 23rd. This is the first time we have presented the new ‘Key to the City’ award and I am delighted that Raja Chari is the initial recipient,” said Mayor Green. “He has certainly earned the city's highest award of distinction as our own hometown astronaut! There will be a presentation by Chari on his experience as a NASA astronaut at 11:30 am, then the ceremony from 12:30 to 12:40 pm.

• • • • Who is Raja Chari? The Only Indian-American Among 18 Chosen For NASA’s Mission to Moon and Beyond Who is Raja Chari? The Only Indian-American Among 18 Chosen For NASA’s Mission to Moon and Beyond Raja Chari, 43, a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and US Naval Test Pilot School, is the only Indian-American in the list. He was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari is the only Indian-American among the 18 astronauts shortlisted by the space agency. New Delhi: Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 18 astronauts who have been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for its ambitious manned mission to the Moon and beyond. Half of the 18 selected astronauts are women. NASA on Wednesday named the 18 astronauts who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme. My fellow Americans, I give you the heroes of the future who will carry us back to the Moon and beyond: the Artemis Generation, Vice President Mike Pence said at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday. It really is amazing to think that the next man and the first woman on the Moon are among the names that we just read… We started today reflecting on a great hero of the past. The Artemis Generation are the heroes of American space exploration in the future, Pence said after he introduced the members of the Artemis Team during the eighth Nat...

NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Indian American astronaut spent 177 days in orbit as commander of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission Indian American astronaut Raja J Chari, a member of NASA’s Artemis moon mission, has been nominated by President Joe Biden for promotion to the rank of Air Force brigadier general, US defense department announced Thursday. Currently an Air Force Colonel, Chari’s appointment to the higher grade will have to be confirmed by the Senate which approves all senior civilian and military appointments. Read: Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari takes first spacewalk (March 17, 2022) Son of an immigrant father from Hyderabad, India, Chari, 45, served as commander of the NASA SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which launched on Nov 10, 2021. He spent 177 days in orbit on the ISS as part of Expedition 66 and 67 before returning to Earth on May 6, 2022, completing the agency’s third long-duration commercial crew mission. During his time on the Space Station he served as a flight engineer and performed two spacewalks and helped in capturing and releasing three SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and two Cygnus cargo vehicles. Raja Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. At that time he was a Colonel select in the US Air Force, serving as the Commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron and the Director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force. Read: Indian American astronaut Raja Chari a...

• Raja Chari was among the new astronauts who received silver pins marking their graduation at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston after two years of gruelling training. • He is the third Indian-American astronaut to join NASA after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. • NASA aims to put a man and a woman on the moon in 2024. Eleven new astronauts graduated from NASA and could go on to explore the Moon and Mars. One of them is an Indian-American Raja Chari who underwent two years of gruelling training to receive his silver pin from the Johnson Space Centre in Houston. "We're trying to get to the moon to stay by 2024, and we have the technology to do that. We're working on getting the resources to do that, and it's gonna take a lot of work, it's not going to be easy. We won't be assigned missions for a while but in the meantime we'll be helping all around Johnson Space Centre with different offices that are working on getting us to the moon,” Raja Chari told IANS. The Artemis programme aims to put a man and a woman on the moon in 2024, establish sustainable moon missions by 2028 and ultimately send astronauts to Mars. After the selected astronauts go into space, they will exchange silver pins for gold in lines with the NASA tradition. Third Indian-American to join NASA Chari is the third Indian-American astronaut to join NASA after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. Space scientist Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana, and immigrated to the US. She was tragically killed on he...

• Raja Chari was among the new astronauts who received silver pins marking their graduation at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston after two years of gruelling training. • He is the third Indian-American astronaut to join NASA after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. • NASA aims to put a man and a woman on the moon in 2024. Eleven new astronauts graduated from NASA and could go on to explore the Moon and Mars. One of them is an Indian-American Raja Chari who underwent two years of gruelling training to receive his silver pin from the Johnson Space Centre in Houston. "We're trying to get to the moon to stay by 2024, and we have the technology to do that. We're working on getting the resources to do that, and it's gonna take a lot of work, it's not going to be easy. We won't be assigned missions for a while but in the meantime we'll be helping all around Johnson Space Centre with different offices that are working on getting us to the moon,” Raja Chari told IANS. The Artemis programme aims to put a man and a woman on the moon in 2024, establish sustainable moon missions by 2028 and ultimately send astronauts to Mars. After the selected astronauts go into space, they will exchange silver pins for gold in lines with the NASA tradition. Third Indian-American to join NASA Chari is the third Indian-American astronaut to join NASA after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. Space scientist Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana, and immigrated to the US. She was tragically killed on he...

• • • • Who is Raja Chari? The Only Indian-American Among 18 Chosen For NASA’s Mission to Moon and Beyond Who is Raja Chari? The Only Indian-American Among 18 Chosen For NASA’s Mission to Moon and Beyond Raja Chari, 43, a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and US Naval Test Pilot School, is the only Indian-American in the list. He was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari is the only Indian-American among the 18 astronauts shortlisted by the space agency. New Delhi: Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 18 astronauts who have been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for its ambitious manned mission to the Moon and beyond. Half of the 18 selected astronauts are women. NASA on Wednesday named the 18 astronauts who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme. My fellow Americans, I give you the heroes of the future who will carry us back to the Moon and beyond: the Artemis Generation, Vice President Mike Pence said at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday. It really is amazing to think that the next man and the first woman on the Moon are among the names that we just read… We started today reflecting on a great hero of the past. The Artemis Generation are the heroes of American space exploration in the future, Pence said after he introduced the members of the Artemis Team during the eighth Nat...

Raja J Chari, a US astronaut of Indian Origin and a member of the US Air Force, has been nominated for a key role in the US Air Force. President Joe Biden has nominated Chari for the rank of Brigadier General in the US Air Force. The nomination needs to be approved by the US Senate before it can be confirmed. The Brigadier General is a one-star General Rank that is just below Major-General and works as a high-level staff level officer. Hyderabad-born Srinivas Chari, Chari’s father, emigrated to the US after pursuing an engineering degree in the States. Chari was raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and completed his schooling at Columbus High School in Waterloo, Iowa. He then went to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado for his Bachelor’s in Astronautical Engineering, before continuing to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to earn a master’s in Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Chari grew up in Cedar Falls. Chari graduated from Waterloo Columbus High School in 1995 before he earned a bachelor’s degree in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. Chari then earned a master’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before graduating from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland. Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Class. He was assigned to be the Commander of the Crew-3 mission. Wednesday's launch was Chari's first trip to space. He has accumulated more than 2,500 hours of flight time in a variety of aircraft. Chari was on board of the Crew Dragon 3 in November 2021 and went to the International Space Station. Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green will be presenting this award in the bandshell at Overman Park on June 23rd. This is the first time we have presented the new ‘Key to the City’ award and I am delighted that Raja Chari is the initial recipient,” said Mayor Green. “He has certainly earned the city's highest award of distinction as our own hometown astronaut! There will be a presentation by Chari on his experience as a NASA astronaut at 11:30 am, then the ceremony from 12:30 to 12:40 pm.