Following the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-3 rocket on the Moon’s south pole in August 2023, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has designed a more “complex” mission to retrieve soil from the Moon and return it to Earth.
As per a top official’s statement on Saturday, ISRO was developing a “novel design” and “high-end technology” in relation to its plan for the launch of Chandrayaan-4 mission and was having discussions “internally.”
Following the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 rocket on the Moon’s south pole in August 2023, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has designed a more “complex” mission to return soil from the Moon’s surface to Earth.
Following the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO Chairman S Somanath stated on Saturday that the Bengaluru-based space agency intended to launch Chandrayaan 4, 5, 6, and 7 missions in the future. This was in response to the successful launch of the GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS satellite.
We are developing the intended payload for Chandrayaan-4. What Chandrayaan-4 should carry as its payload is the first question.We are posing this question, Somanath stated.
“First thing we decided is at least Chandrayaan-4 should have a sample of Moon’s soil which is to be brought back to Earth,” he said, pointing out that the plan was to do something different. Our goal is to accomplish this robotically. This is the internal conversation that is taking place. We’re all talking about how to accomplish this task using the rockets that are currently available. You are aware that returning a sample from the moon is an extremely difficult task. (Unlike the Chandrayaan-3 mission) not landing there. Once more, a rocket must launch.
