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Indian-origin robotics engineer to head NASA’s new Moon to Mars office

Indian-origin robotics engineer to head NASA’s new Moon to Mars office

Washington, March 31 (IANS) Indian-origin software and robotics engineer, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NASA's new Moon to Mars Programme Office at the agency's headquarters in Washington. The new office aims to carry out NASA's human exploration activities at the Moon and Mars for the benefit of humanity. "The Moon to Mars Programme Office will help prepare NASA to carry out our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, in a statement. "The golden age of exploration is happening right now, and this new office will help…
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