At an event to felicitate him for taking over as the chairman of the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation, Narayanan said that unlike the Chandrayaan-3 mission which carried the 25-kg rover ‘Prayagyaan’, the Chandrayaan-5 mission would carry a 250 kg rover to study the moon’s surface.
Still the onboard high resolution camera on Chandrayaan-2 is sending hundreds of images, Narayanan, also the Secretary of Department of Space, said on Sunday.
Chandrayaan-3 Mission is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.
“Just three days back we got the approval for Chandrayaan-5 Mission. We will be doing it in association with Japan,” Narayanan said.
On ISRO’s future projects, Narayanan said apart from various missions including Gaganyaan, plans are afoot to establish India’s own Space Station–Bharatiya Space Station.
