This year, 2024, marks the 60th year of India-France space collaboration. France has been a long-standing partner having shared several critical technologies in the early years of the Indian space programme. Today, India and the partnership have both matured. In an interview to TOI, Philippe Baptiste, president, French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiale) spoke about the collaboration, future missions and more, while wishing the partnership another 600 years of success!