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

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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. ALSO READ: Gaganyaan: Isro's first manned space mission on schedule, says Raghavan "CNES and Isro have both set up programmes to boost and fund new space players, and now they are working to forge closer ties between the French and Indian ecosystems." Read Complete Article