Agreements between ISRO and NASA

LOK SABHA

A Framework Agreement was signed on February 1, 2008 between the Indian Space Research Organization and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for co-operation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. The Agreement has an initial validity of ten years, and allows various cooperative activities to be taken up between the two sides under specific Implementing Agreements.

The areas identified for co-operation include earth science, observation and monitoring; space science; exploration systems; space operations; and other relevant areas of mutual interest.

The co-operation between ISRO and NASA on Chandrayaan-1 is covered separately under two Memoranda of Understanding signed in May 2006.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Shri Prithviraj Chavan, in a written reply to a question by Shri Badiga Ramakrishna in the Lok Sabha today

Source: Press Inormation Bureau
Date: April 23, 2008