Chennai, Apr 15 (UNI) The Indian and French Space
Agencies on Thursday signed an agreement for
cooperation for the country's first human space
flight programme Gaganyaan.
ISRO in its website, the agreement was signed at the
ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru between Jean-Yves
Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs,
Government of Republic of France, and ISRO
Chairman Dr K Sivan in the presence of senior
officials.
Ambassador of France to India, Consul General at
Bangalore and a few other officials accompanied
the Minister.
'An Implementing Arrangement between ISRO’s Human
Space Flight Centre (HSFC) and French National Space
Agency (CNES) for cooperation concerning Human Space
flight programme, specifically on sharing of expertise in
space medicine, was exchanged during this visit', ISRO
said.
Evolution and achievements of Indian space programme
and India-France space cooperation and details of the
recent space reforms announced by the Indian Government
were presented to the Minister.
The Minister with his delegation also visited ISRO’s
HSFC and the details of India’s Human space flight
programme ‘GAGANYAAN’, including the full-size
model of Crew Module were explained to the Minister.
As per the terms of the agreement, CNES will train India's
flight physicians and CAPCOM mission control teams in
France at the CADMOS centre for the development of
microgravity applications and space operations at CNES
in Toulouse and at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC)
in Cologne, Germany," the CNES said.
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