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Isro to send orbiter, lander and rover to Moon by 2016
Chandrayaan-2 would be launched by a GSLV powered by an indigenously developed cryogenic engine, said the Isro spokesperson. Photo: AFP
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) is planning to launch India’s mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, by 2016, which would include an orbiter, lander and rover, an Isro spokesperson said on Friday.
Earlier, Isro chairman K. Radhakrishnan had said that the space agency will launch Chandrayaan-2 by 2016-17, according to Press Trust of India.
“Isro aims to demonstrate its capability to soft-land on the lunar surface with this mission,” said the Isro spokesperson.
The broad objectives of the mission would include the extension of scientific experiments carried out by Chandrayaan-1, India’s first mission to the moon which included a lunar orbiter and impacter.
Scientists had last year announced that using data from instruments aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, they had found evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon.
“Chandrayaan-2 would be launched by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) powered by an indigenously developed cryogenic engine,” said the Isro spokesperson.
Isro to send orbiter, lander and rover to Moon by 2016 - Livemint
They are referring to Mk III off-coarse.
Rover mission to Venus ? can rovers in survive the horrid climate there ?
Have you read a recent thread where Isro personnel answered some question...They certainly denied it..+ it is not mentioned in ISRO website ..@Kurama
buddy,they already planned one venus mission already...
India planning Venus mission - Times Of India
True, so the child of a below poverty level family should work alongside their parents, because knowledge is a luxury poor cannot afford.
I said there should be, not that it exists.
I thought venus was too hot for these things
Russia sent a rover to Venus in the past dont know the details