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 today in India. The spacecraft will also carry a Russian-made lunar lander and sample return.
India will launch the Chandrayaan-II lunar orbiter in 2013 with a Russian-made lunar lander and robot rover. NASA and ESA are among "several candidates" who have evinced interest in Chandrayaan-2, Radhakrishnan said. Chandrayaan-I was launched to the Moon in 2008 and suffered a heat stroke in late 2009.
"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.
India will launch the Chandrayaan-II lunar orbiter in 2013 with a Russian-made lunar lander and robot rover. NASA and ESA are among "several candidates" who have evinced interest in Chandrayaan-2, Radhakrishnan said. Chandrayaan-I was launched to the Moon in 2008 and suffered a heat stroke in late 2009.
"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.
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