ISRO Chief S Somanath Explains Objectives Of Chandrayaan-4 Mission: "Intend To Land On Moon In 2040"

ISRO Chief S Somanath on April 09 shared details of Chandrayaan-4 mission and ISRO's lunar mission objectives. He was interacting with the media after attending the twentieth anniversary of the Sat Paul Mittal School here. During the interaction with media ISRO Chief S Somanath said, "Chandrayaan-4 is the concept that we are developing as a continuation of the Chandrayaan series, so all of you know that honorable Prime Minister has announced that we will be landing on the moon and intend to land on the moon in 2040. If that has to happen we have to have continuous moon exploration of various kinds. So Chandrayaan-4 is first step towards that to send a craft and collect sample and bring it back to earth. When we will be ready for humans' flight we will be sending Indian on Chandrayaan craft going to moon and land there and do experiments and comeback."