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NASA, ESA want to be part of Chandrayaan-II mission: ISRO
Bangalore, Feb 4 (PTI) NASA and European Space Agency
(ESA) want to be part of Chandrayaan-II, the next Indian
mission to Moon, by sending their instruments, ISRO Chairman K
Radhakrishnan said here Thursday.
Replying to a query whether NASA and ESA have sent
proposals to ISRO to be part of Chandrayaan-II, expected in
2012 or 2013, by sending their instruments, Radhakrishnan told
reporters, "They are all there actually (they have sent
proposals)."
NASA and ESA are among "several candidates" who have
evinced interest in Chandrayaan-2, he said.
"There is discussion going on that...And there is a team
which is discussing with various scientists...Scientific
Advisory Board. You look at all the requirements and what
experiments we need to do and what mass is available and what
they would require and from Chandrayaan-I, what are all the
things that you have to follow up. This will be taken care of
soon," he said.
India had hosted six foreign instruments in its maiden
moon odyssey Chandrayaan-I -- three from ESA, two from NASA
and one from Bulgaria. Chandrayaan-I carried India's five
instruments.
Chandrayaan-I was launched in October 2008, but the
mission was abandoned in August last year when the spacecraft
lost radio contact.
Bangalore-headquartered ISRO said the venture had met
more than 90 per cent of it scientific objectives. The
highlight of the mission was finding of water on the moon's
surface by a NASA instrument on board.
However, Radhakrishnan indicated that the number of
instruments on board Chandrayaan-II is likely be less than the
one carried by Chandrayaan-I, which had 11.
"In Chandrayaan-II, there is a lander and a rover...it
will take the bulk of the mass. So for other instruments we
have a limited space," he said.
ISRO said the lander and the rover would be tasked to
collect samples of the lunar soil, analyse them and send back
the data.
Towards this, India and Russia have signed an MoU for
joint development of lunar rover and robotic arms to be
developed in the Chandrayaan-II mission. PTI RS
DDC
(ESA) want to be part of Chandrayaan-II, the next Indian
mission to Moon, by sending their instruments, ISRO Chairman K
Radhakrishnan said here Thursday.
Replying to a query whether NASA and ESA have sent
proposals to ISRO to be part of Chandrayaan-II, expected in
2012 or 2013, by sending their instruments, Radhakrishnan told
reporters, "They are all there actually (they have sent
proposals)."
NASA and ESA are among "several candidates" who have
evinced interest in Chandrayaan-2, he said.
"There is discussion going on that...And there is a team
which is discussing with various scientists...Scientific
Advisory Board. You look at all the requirements and what
experiments we need to do and what mass is available and what
they would require and from Chandrayaan-I, what are all the
things that you have to follow up. This will be taken care of
soon," he said.
India had hosted six foreign instruments in its maiden
moon odyssey Chandrayaan-I -- three from ESA, two from NASA
and one from Bulgaria. Chandrayaan-I carried India's five
instruments.
Chandrayaan-I was launched in October 2008, but the
mission was abandoned in August last year when the spacecraft
lost radio contact.
Bangalore-headquartered ISRO said the venture had met
more than 90 per cent of it scientific objectives. The
highlight of the mission was finding of water on the moon's
surface by a NASA instrument on board.
However, Radhakrishnan indicated that the number of
instruments on board Chandrayaan-II is likely be less than the
one carried by Chandrayaan-I, which had 11.
"In Chandrayaan-II, there is a lander and a rover...it
will take the bulk of the mass. So for other instruments we
have a limited space," he said.
ISRO said the lander and the rover would be tasked to
collect samples of the lunar soil, analyse them and send back
the data.
Towards this, India and Russia have signed an MoU for
joint development of lunar rover and robotic arms to be
developed in the Chandrayaan-II mission. PTI RS
DDC
