{"id":258,"date":"2026-08-11T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=258"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:15:17","slug":"nasa-invites-isro-for-moon-base-programme-seeks-wider-space-cooperation-with-india-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Nasa invites Isro for Moon base programme, seeks wider space cooperation with India | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133150708,imgsize-87454,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/artemis.jpg\" alt=\"Nasa invites Isro for Moon base programme, seeks wider space cooperation with India\" title=\"Representative image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Nasa on Tuesday invited <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/isro\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isro<\/a> to join its Moon Base programme under the Artemis Accords, as India and the United States discussed expanding cooperation in civil and commercial space activities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The two countries also agreed to advance discussions on sharing open scientific data under the Artemis Accords, according to a US Embassy press release.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The developments came during the ninth meeting of the India-US Civil Space Joint Working Group (CSJWG), hosted by India on August 5-6 at the Indian Space Research Organisation&#8217;s headquarters in Bengaluru.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation in civil and commercial space, while exploring future partnerships in space science and human spaceflight technologies.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>ISRO chairman and department of space secretary Dr V Narayanan and US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor addressed the opening session and highlighted the importance of further strengthening bilateral space cooperation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The meeting was co-chaired by M Sankaran, Director of ISRO&#8217;s UR Rao Satellite Centre, on the Indian side, and Dr Wesley Brooks, assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, and Kathleen Karika, Nasa associate administrator for international and interagency relations, on the US side.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The discussions were held under the India-US Transforming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic Technology (TRUST) Initiative and followed the February 2025 Joint Leaders&#8217; Statement issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Both sides discussed expanding cooperation following the successful launch of the joint Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission last year, besides exploring future collaborations in space science and human spaceflight technology.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>They also reaffirmed their commitment to advancing United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) guidelines on the long-term sustainability of outer space activities and reviewed ongoing multilateral efforts to strengthen the committee&#8217;s effectiveness.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/nasa-invites-isro-for-moon-base-programme-seeks-wider-space-cooperation-with-india\/articleshow\/133150654.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Nasa on Tuesday invited Isro to join its Moon Base programme under the Artemis Accords, as India and the United States discussed expanding cooperation in civil and commercial space activities.The two countries also agreed to advance discussions on sharing open scientific data under the Artemis Accords, according to a US Embassy press release.The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}