NASA has invited ISRO to join its Moon Base programme aimed at establishing a permanent human outpost near the lunar South Pole. The proposal emerged during India-US space talks in Bengaluru, alongside discussions on scientific data sharing and future human spaceflight cooperation
ISRO has outlined a four-decade roadmap to establish human presence beyond Earth, including a lunar crew station by 2047, Moon mining, 3D-printed Martian habitats, and upgraded rockets capable of carrying 150-tonne payloads, paving the way for Mars landings
