ISRO-ESA broaden co-operation agreement to include human and robotic exploration
ISRO and the European Space Agency have extended their cooperation agreement until 2032. The partnership now includes expanded collaboration on human space flight, robotic exploration, and space weather monitoring.
Why it matters
This partnership strengthens international space diplomacy and accelerates scientific progress in deep space exploration and sustainability.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), apart from extending its long-standing cooperation agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), has included space weather along with human and robotic exploration to the package.
The heads of the two space agencies — ISRO Chairperson Dr V. Narayanan and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher — met on the sidelines of the International Space Summit , which was held on September 9-10 in Paris, to sign documents extending their long-standing cooperation agreement for a further five years, until January 8, 2032.
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