The US-based Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) and Blue Origin announced India as a partner in their human spaceflight program, offering Indian citizens a chance to fly on Blue Origin’s reusable rocket, New Shepard, past the Karman line into space.

The inaugural flight of the program has booked all six seats on an upcoming Blue Origin New Shepard mission, with five seats designated for citizens from partner nations lacking astronaut representation and the sixth seat available globally.