India's Skyroot Aerospace orbital rocket Vikram-1 blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on July 18, 2026. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP via Getty Images)

India's Skyroot Aerospace orbital rocket Vikram-1 blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on July 18, 2026. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP via Getty Images)

India's Skyroot Aerospace orbital rocket Vikram-1 blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on July 18, 2026. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP via Getty Images)

India's Skyroot Aerospace orbital rocket Vikram-1 blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on July 18, 2026. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP via Getty Images)

India's Skyroot Aerospace orbital rocket Vikram-1 blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on July 18, 2026. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A man takes a selfie with the Indian Railways' hydrogen-powered train after its flagging-off ceremony at Pandu Pindara railway station in Haryana's Jind city on July 17, 2026. India launched its first hydrogen-powered train July 17, joining a small group of nations testing the technology as part of efforts to decarbonise rail transport and cut dependence on fossil fuels. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A news program shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing on July 17, 2026. Artificial intelligence should not be dominated by a single country, China's President Xi Jinping said on July 17 at a major technology conference in Shanghai, urging international cooperation on its development. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images)

A news program shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing on July 17, 2026. Artificial intelligence should not be dominated by a single country, China's President Xi Jinping said on July 17 at a major technology conference in Shanghai, urging international cooperation on its development. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images)