India agrees to join US initiative to return man to the Moon by 2025

In a big boost to Indo-US space cooperation, India has decided to join the Artemis Accords, a US-led initiative to return humans to the Moon by 2025, and that Nasa and Isro have agreed to a joint mission to the International Space Station next year, the White House said on Thursday. Later, PM Narendra Modi, at a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden, said, “We have agreed to join the Artemis Accords. We have taken a new leap in our space cooperation.”

from Times of India https://ift.tt/KmMUhIV