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India’s Lunar Mission Partnership

August 14 , 2026 12 hrs 0 min 15 0

NASA has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to join its Moon Base programme under the Artemis Accords.
The invitation was discussed at the 9th India-U.S. Civil Space Joint Working Group (CSJWG) meeting in Bengaluru.
India signed the Artemis Accords on June 21, 2023, supporting cooperation in peaceful lunar and deep-space exploration.
NASA and ISRO also agreed to advance open scientific data sharing under their wider civil space cooperation.
The cooperation follows the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission launched in July 2025.