Chandrayaan-4 mission: Know how will ISRO bring samples back from Moon

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After Chandrayaan-3 mission and Aditya-L1 mission,ISRO is now planning India's next lunar exploration mission i.e. Chandrayaan-4 mission.

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Through the Chandrayaan-4 mission, ISRO aims to bring lunar samples to Earth in the next five to seven years.

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According to Nilesh Desai, Director of SAC/ISRO, 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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Unlike Chandrayaan-3, Chandrayaan-4 mission involves four modules and two launches, making it a significant advancement in India's space exploration efforts.

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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 includes a transfer module and a reentry module launched separately on a second rocket, remaining in lunar orbit.

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The lander and ascender are speculated to land on an unspecified crater near the moon's south pole.

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After sample collection, 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, five times longer than Chandrayaan-3.

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According to ISRO, Chandrayaan-4 mission this would be called lunar sample return Mission. ISRO is working on the technologies to bring samples back from the lunar surface successfully.