{"id":171149,"date":"2025-03-18T12:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=171149"},"modified":"2025-03-18T12:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:35:21","slug":"chandrayaan-5-mission-approved-by-the-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/chandrayaan-5-mission-approved-by-the-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandrayaan-5 Mission Approved by the Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India&#8217;s space ambitions are hitting new milestones with the announcement of the Chandrayaan-5 mission, made by ISRO Chairman V Narayanan on March 16, 2025. This mission will be carried out in partnership with Japan and aims to conduct a thorough examination of the Moon&#8217;s surface. In a departure from Chandrayaan-3, which included the 25 kg rover &#8216;Pragyan&#8217;, Chandrayaan-5 will deploy a more powerful 250 kg rover, taking India&#8217;s lunar exploration to the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Highlights of Chandrayaan-5 Mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>General Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Approved:\u00a0March 13, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Announced by:\u00a0ISRO Chairman V Narayanan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaboration:\u00a0India (ISRO) and Japan (JAXA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Objective:\u00a0Detailed study of the Moon\u2019s surface<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rover Weight:\u00a0250 kg (10 times heavier than Chandrayaan-3\u2019s rover \u2018Pragyan\u2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus Area:\u00a0Advanced mineralogical and geological analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objectives of Chandrayaan-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Dive deep into the mineral and geological makeup of the Moon\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Send out a more robust rover (weighing 250 kg) for thorough exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Boost India\u2019s lunar technology and scientific expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Foster stronger international partnerships with Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Future Plans of ISRO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chandrayaan-4 (2027):\u00a0To bring lunar soil samples to Earth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaganyaan Mission:\u00a0India\u2019s first manned mission to space.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bharatiya Antariksh Station:\u00a0India\u2019s own space station by 2035.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s space ambitions are hitting new milestones with the announcement of the Chandrayaan-5 mission, made by ISRO Chairman V Narayanan on March 16, 2025. This mission will be carried out in partnership with Japan and aims to conduct a thorough examination of the Moon&#8217;s surface. In a departure from Chandrayaan-3, which included the 25 kg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":171150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5364],"tags":[868],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-171149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2025","tag-space-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171151,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171149\/revisions\/171151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171149"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=171149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}