New Delhi, March 1 (UNI) Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, participant of three ISS expeditions, had a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, on the sidelines of the NXT Conclave here.
Oleg Artemyev presented PM Modi with the flags of the two countries that had been onboard the ISS, as well as the book ‘On the Moon’ by outstanding Russian theoretical space scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian Embassy statement said.
PM Modi highly praised the level of international cooperation in space exploration, and specifically noted the bilateral collaboration between Russia and India on space projects, including Russia’s contribution to the national manned space mission ‘Gaganyaan’, it said.