ISRO Holds Talks with Japanese Agency About Mission Moon

Guwahati: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have had extensive conversations with regard to Mission Moon.

ISRO chairman S. Somanath claimed on Wednesday that the organisation has successfully worked with other organisations on key space projects and is in talks with another organisation about a potential moon mission.

Somanath added that there is a significant chance for a mission to Venus to be launched by 2028.

The chief of ISRO stated that in order to create complex missions, a relationship between ISRO and research institutions around the world is absolutely essential. He cited the TRISHNA project, built by ISRO with its French counterpart CNES to observe the surface of the globe in the thermal infrared range.

“We are also discussing a possible mission to the moon with JASA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) where the land rover will be built by them and they will launch it using a Japanese rocket,” said Somanath, who is also Secretary of the Department of Space. He said ISRO will look at possible engagement with other agencies in exploratory missions.

“It is very important that it will happen only when they have confidence in you and our instruments and measurement systems are complementary to their goals,” he said.

“ISRO has been successful in doing significant collaborations on its space missions, and it is important to have a connection between scientific institutions across the world and ISRO in building complex missions of this nature,” Somanath added.

The ambitious “Gaganyaan” project, which calls for the safe return of a three-person crew to earth after being launched into a 400 kilometre orbit to demonstrate human spaceflight capability, is also doing well, according to ISRO Chairman.

This project gives a lot of opportunities to conduct experiments on board, with possibilities like micro-gravity, space mining, material testing, and space-based observations. “We need to work on this and come up with scientific goals through the Gaganyaan program. Sending a man up there is one part, but doing something very meaningful is something we are all looking at,” he said.

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