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ESA and India's ISRO sign statement of intent on human spaceflight

ESA and India's ISRO signed a joint statement of intent on 7 May 2025 to cooperate on human spaceflight, covering docking interoperability, astronaut training and possible future European flights to India's planned space station.

Reported AI-drafted European Spaceflight, 8 May 2025

What it does not test. Does not commit any funding or set a binding technical standard; the cooperation areas remain a framework of intent.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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