Chandrayaan-4 mission: The most challenging parts of the project

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Know what makes the Chandrayaan-4 mission challenging and what is the new ISRO Moon mission about.

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The Chandrayaan-4 misison or LUPEX mission is being developed by leading space agencies JAXA and ISRO.

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The Chandrayaan-4 mission is planned to launch in 2025, however, no exact date has been revealed yet.

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The LUPEX mission aims to discover water in the lunar South Pole and conduct in-depth studies about the Moon’s surface.

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However, every mission comes with its own challenges and in the upcoming one, carrying a heavy rover in the lander and making a safe landing is the biggest problem.

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The Chandrayaan-4 rover will be equipped with various instruments and scientific payloads that will help conduct studies on the Moon.

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Fujioka Natsu researcher at JAXA said, "It is a challenging project to transport a rover weighing several hundred kilograms loaded with these instruments to the moon, move it around, and measure the collected samples in situ,"

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The Chandrayaan-4 rover is reported to weigh hundreds of kilograms making it different to move around.

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As of now, the mission rover is in the development stage and JAXA is working on different ways to make the rover error-free as it will carry all kinds of instruments.

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The lander is being developed by ISRO which will be utilized for landing in the lunar south pole. Therefore, one of the integral part remain in the hands of India.

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More updates and details about the Chandrayaan-4 mission are yet to be released by ISRO or JAXA.