New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday approved Chandrayaan Mission-4. Scientists expressed happiness over the government's decision. Scientists say that the country is now not far from sending astronauts to the moon. Let us tell you that India will launch Chandrayaan Mission-4 in 2027. But this mission will be different from the other three missions.

Why is Chandrayaan-4 mission important?

"Under this mission, we will have to land a lander on the moon and be able to bring back rocks and lunar soil safely. This is the first step towards sending an Indian astronaut to the moon. India will not be far away from sending an astronaut to the moon," said Tapan Mishra, former director of the Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre.

India demonstrated two technologies

Mishra further said, "The Indian government has approved three programmes. One of them is Chandrayaan-4. We are happy that Chandrayaan-3 landed there... We demonstrated two important technologies that we can send something to the moon and bring it back. We can fire the rocket 14 days after landing on the moon. This is a big achievement."

Two rockets will be used in the mission

Astronomer and Professor RC Kapoor said that Chandrayaan-4 is a sample return mission. It will be completed using two rockets. The mission will be launched in 2027. Its first rocket will be like GSLV MK III. This rocket will carry the ascender module and the descender module. The second rocket will go later. The descender module will have a robotic arm. This arm will collect samples from the moon. After this, the samples will be sent to the ascender module.

Returning is the main attraction of Chandrayaan-4

On Wednesday, September 18, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman S Somnath informed that ISRO is working on a plan to launch the first module of the Indian Space Station (BAS-1) by 2028. He said that the main objective of Chandrayaan-4 mission is to demonstrate the technology of going to the moon and returning. Coming back is its main attraction, because Chandrayaan-3 has already demonstrated landing there.