Chennai, May 16 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and JAXA,
the space agency of Japan, jointly conducted the third face-to-face Technical Interface
Meeting (TIM-3), towards the Chandrayaan-5/LUPEX mission.
The Chandrayaan-5 / LUPEX missions will be one of the major short-term milestones
in India's lunar exploration odyssey, which envisions Indian Gaganyatris (astronauts)
landing on the Moon by year 2040.
The meeting was held in ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru and was attended by senior
officials, project executives, and technical team members from ISRO, JAXA, and the
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Japan, ISRO said on Friday .
Following the legacy of Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2 (orbiter-based lunar exploration),
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