ISRO joins hands with Russian Space Agency

Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO and Russian Space Agency have joined hands to share critical equipments for Indian man mission to the Moon. India and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding for promoting joint activities in the field of human space flight programme during the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week. As per the MoU an Indian astronaut will embark on a mission to space in a Russian spacecraft within the next five years.