<p>The Centre has recently accorded approval for the ambitious Chandrayaan-5 mission to study the Moon, ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan said.</p>
<p>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 &lsquo;Prayagyaan&rsquo;, the Chandrayaan-5 mission would carry a 250 kg rover to study the Moon&rsquo;s surface.</p>
<p><img title="Dr V Narayanan, chairman, ISRO" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2025/mar/isro-june-may-b_e.jpg" alt="Dr V Narayanan, chairman, ISRO" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Dr V Narayanan, chairman, ISRO</em></strong></p>
<p>The Chandrayaan mission consists of studying the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-1 successfully launched in 2008 took chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. The Chandrayaan-2 mission (2019) was 98 per cent success but just two per cent of the Mission could not be achieved in the final stages.<br />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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>ISRO successfully launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission with the Lander Vikram successfully &lsquo;soft-landing&rsquo; on the South pole of the Moon on August 23, 2023.<br />&ldquo;Just three days back we got the approval for Chandrayaan-5 Mission. We will be doing it in association with Japan,&rdquo; Narayanan said.</p>
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