New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: After Chandrayaan 2, ISRO is eyeing for yet another mission aimed at Moon. The space agency's next mission is likely to be bigger and better and could be successful at bringing back some samples from Moon's polar region, said a report.
In its next project, ISRO is tying up with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). "ISRO and JAXA scientists are conducting a feasibility study to realise a joint satellite mission to explore the Moon's polar region," ISRO was quoted as saying by The Times of India.
As per a report, Chandrayaan-2 was planned to join a joint venture with Russia, whose space agency Roscosmos was to provide the lander. However, the deal broke out in 2012 and ISRO decided to go on its own.
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JAXA's asteroid Hayabusa 2 successfully completed its second risky landing on asteroid during July this year, proving the nation's technological prowess.
The upcoming ISRO-JAXA project is likely to come forward in 2024 after India's proposed manned mission-- Gangayaan in 2022.
Earlier, the idea of joint India and Japan lunar mission was made public during multi space agencies meeting in Bengaluru in 2017.
Meanwhile, If Vikram lander would have soft-landed successfully on Saturday, India would have become the fourth nation to achieve the feat, a feat even Japan has not achieved. The lunar exploration, going by initial discussion, is eyeing to send a rover to the lunar surface will coincide with NASA's return to Moon.
While NASA is looking to send humans back to moon again after 1969, the ISRO-JAXA will be a robotic mission.