Chandrayaan-4 mission: ISRO gears up for another historic milestone, bring back lunar samples 

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After the grand success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO is now gearing up for India's next lunar exploration mission i.e. Chandrayaan-4 mission

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With the help of the Chandrayaan-4 mission, ISRO aims to bring lunar samples back to Earth. Chandrayaan objective is to do so in the next 4 years.

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As explained by Nilesh Desai, Director of SAC/ISRO, the Chandrayaan-4 mission's objective is to land a huge 350 kg lander on the darker side of the moon with precise landing technology. 

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According to a report by Indian Express, ISRO chief says that the development of technologies like a robotic arm for sample collection, mechanisms for docking in lunar and Earth orbits, and safe re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere will be crucial for the Chandrayaan-4 mission.

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The Chandrayaan-4 mission involves four modules and two launches which is a great achievement in Indian space exploration programmes.

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The Chandrayaan-4 mission involves a lander and an ascender collecting samples from the lunar surface, near the Chandrayaan-3 landing site.

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The second step, in the Chandrayaan mission, includes a transfer module and a reentry module launched separately on a second rocket, remaining in lunar orbit.

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The Chandrayaan-4 lander and ascender are expected to land on an unspecified crater near the moon's south pole.

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After collecting the sample, the ascender transfers its samples to the reentry module, and both modules will return to Earth.

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The Chandrayaan-4 mission is expected to last an impressive 100 days on the lunar surface which is five times longer than Chandrayaan-3 mission.