India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return objective to moon’s south pole
A picture of the lunar south pole as seen by NASA's Clementine spacecraft in 1996. (Image credit: NASA/JPL/USGS)
India is considering a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return objective, followed by an uncrewed lander and rover in partnership with Japan.S. Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), went over the upcoming objectives throughout a welcomed talk in New Delhi recently.Chandrayaan-4, which intends to gather approximately 6.6 pounds (3 kgs) of lunar samples from a water-ice-rich location near the moon's south pole and provide them to Earth, is among numerous flagship objectives just recently authorized by the Indian federal government to increase its area economy. The nation's go back to the moon was assigned 21 billion rupees...