The Central government has approved the Chandrayaan 5 mission, and it will carry a whopping 250 kg rover to the lunar surface, said the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan.<\/p>\n

It will be the fifth flight as part of the Chandrayaan programme, also known as the Indian Lunar Exploration Programme, and aims for the exploration of the Moon.<\/p>\n

The Chandrayaan-3 was a resounding success making India the first country in the world to make a soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon. India also became the fourth nation after the erstwhile USSR (now Russia), the US, and China to make a soft landing on the Moon.<\/p>\n

While Chandrayaan-3 carried a 25-kg rover named \u2018Prayagyaan,’ the new Chandrayaan-5 mission, in collaboration with Japan, will feature a much heavier 250-kg rover.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis advanced rover aims to conduct detailed studies of the Moon’s surface and composition,\u201d said Narayanan.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust three days back, we got the approval for the Chandrayaan-5 mission. We will be doing it in association with Japan.\u201d The collaboration is expected to enhance the mission’s scientific capabilities.<\/p>\n

The Chandrayaan programme has been instrumental in India’s lunar exploration and a lunar orbiter, an impactor, a soft lander, and a rover spacecraft.<\/p>\n

Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008 and was a success. It mapped the Moon’s surface chemically, mineralogically, and photo-geologically.<\/p>\n

However, Chandrayaan-2, launched in 2019, encountered setbacks during its final stages. However, its orbiter continues to send hundreds of high-resolution images.<\/p>\n

ISRO aims to launch Chandrayaan-4 by 2027, to collect and return lunar samples.<\/p>\n

The space agency also aims to launch Chandrayaan 5, and 6 by the next decade — with an aim “to achieve the milestone of a $44 billion space sector by 2035\u201d. Beyond Chandrayaan, the country also aims for the Gaganyaan Mission — the first human spaceflight mission, the Venus Orbiter Mission, unofficially known as Shukrayaan (2028).<\/p>\n

The country also looks to establish an Indian Space Station (2035) and to land an Indian on the Moon by 2045.<\/p>\n

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