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Gaganyaan project: France to help Isro in the human space programme

Joint constellation of ocean-surveying satellites is also under study

The Indian Space Research Organization
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T E Narasimhan Bengaluru
The Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), a government agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s space policy in Europe, will share its experience with Isro in the latter's space crew transport. 

The Rs 90-billion Gaganyaan project, a human spaceflight programme set for 2022, was announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month.

Speaking on the sidelines of Bengaluru Space Expo 2018, organised by CII and Antrix, Jean-Yvee Le All, President, CNES said that through the implementing arrangement, signed with Isro, France will share its experience in space crew transport. 

This arrangement will notably encompass space medicine and crew life

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