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India's Chandrayaan Lunar Programme
India's Moon effort now runs on two tracks at once: its own Chandrayaan missions, from sample return to a hunt for polar water, and a widening partnership with the United States, which has now asked ISRO to take part in NASA's Moon base programme.
Last updated 11 August 20267 min read
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Records NASA's invitation for ISRO to take part in its Moon base programme, the ninth India-US civil space working group at Bengaluru on 5-6 August 2026, and the agreement to pursue open scientific data sharing under the Artemis Accords; the whole card is also rebuilt to the current reader format.
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