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Sharmila Kuthunur

After Chandrayaan-3 success, India gearing up for moon sample-return mission

A lander on the lunar surface.

Building on the recent success of its first-ever moon landing, India aims to next pick up samples from the lunar south polar region and return them to Earth.

Early reports suggest that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the country's space agency, is planning a lunar sample-return mission known as Chandrayaan-4, which will send a total of four modules to the moon across two launches.

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