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India aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2040

According to Tin Tuc newspaper October 17, 2023 20:30

The Indian government said on October 17 that the country aims to send an astronaut to the Moon by 2040, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the construction of a space station by 2035.

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Live footage from near a clock tower in Srinagar, India, shows the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landing on the Moon's south pole, August 23, 2023.

In August, India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the unexplored south pole of the Moon, just days after a similar Russian mission failed.

Following that success, India launched a rocket carrying a spacecraft to study the Sun and plans to conduct a test this week as part of a crewed space mission.

“The Prime Minister directed that India now needs to move towards new and ambitious goals, including establishing a ‘Bharatiya Antariksha Station’ by 2035 and landing the first Indian on the Moon by 2040. To realise this vision, the space agency will develop a roadmap for lunar exploration,” the government of India said in a statement.

Prime Minister Modi also called on Indian scientists to conduct missions to explore Venus and Mars.

According to Tin Tuc newspaper
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