![Scott Duncan, India Desk Officer, joins officials from NASA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the State Department's Office of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the headquarters of India's space agency, ISRO, in Bangalore, India, July 13-14, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/2011_0726_space_m.jpg)
About the Author: Scott Duncan serves as the India Desk Officer in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
Did you know that India has been lifting satellites into orbit for more than 30 years? Or that India has the second largest fleet of satellites dedicated to earth sciences and earth observation after the United States? Given these burgeoning capabilities and the United States’ storied history of space exploration and space science, it only seems natural that the world’s largest and the world’s oldest democracies would cooperate in space for the benefit of people in both our countries and around the world.
I was delighted to join officials from NASA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs when they traveled to the headquarters of India’s… more »
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