Chandrayaan-4: India ties up with Japan for 'LUPEX', the next lunar venture | Oneindia News

Chandrayaan-4: India ties up with Japan for 'LUPEX', the next lunar venture | Oneindia News

After the marvellous success of Chandrayaan-3, ISRO is gearing up for an another exciting lunar venture.

This time ISRO will be partnering up with Japan’s space agency...the JAXA.

The name of this mission in the offing is The Lunar Polar Exploration Mission..or the LUPEX.

LUPEX will aim to explore water resources in the lunar polar regions.

This mission is also being now referred as Chandrayaan-4.

LUPEX, which is slated to be launched in the next few years, will involve a Japanese rocket carrying an Indian lunar lander and a Japanese rover.

ISRO will provide the lander, while JAXA will be responsible for the H3 launch vehicle and the rover.

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