Chandrayaan-4 mission: All the instruments being developed for lunar mission

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The Chandrayaan-4 mission is scheduled to be launched in the year 2025. Know what instruments JAXA and ISRO are developing for the mission.

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ISRO and JAXA are collaborating for the next lunar mission which aims to explore the Moon’s south pole in search of water.

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The Chandrayaan-4 mission, or Lupex, will consist of a spacecraft, a lunar lander, and a rover which will be installed with various scientific instruments.

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ISRO and JAXA will be numerous instruments for the study. Furthermore, NASA and ESA will also be a part of the mission.

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JAXA’s instruments include the Resource Investigation Water Analyzer(REIWA) which will further have three equipment and the Advanced Lunar Imaging Spectrometer(ALIS).

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ISRO instruments include a Sample Analysis Package(ISAP), Ground Penetrating Radar(GPR), and Mid-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer.

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NASA will be providing the Neuron Spectrometer(NS) which will be installed in the rover, developed by JAXA.

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ESA will be providing its Exospheric Mass Spectrometer for LUPEX(EMS-L) instrument for the Chandrayaan-4 mission.

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The Chandrayaan-4  mission's main objective includes finding water on the lunar surface and having a thorough understanding of the Moon’s environment. 

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The Chandrayaan-4 mission will enable researchers to gain knowledge about how planetary bodies retain water.

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The lunar lander and the rover are now in the development stage and the space agencies involved in the mission will soon provide more details of its progress.