India's Moon Invitation and Private Space Surge: NASA Calls ISRO to Lunar Base

NASA has officially invited ISRO to join its Moon Base program under the Artemis Accords, a major diplomatic win announced after the ninth India-US Civil Space Joint Working Group meeting at ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru on August 5-6. The invitation, revealed by US Ambassador Sergio Gor, deepens the US-India partnership in human spaceflight and future exploration, with both sides also advancing discussions on open scientific data sharing.

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