India aims for the Moon & Venus
The Morning Standard|September 19, 2024
Cabinet nod to Chandrayaan-4 & a mission to Venus by March '28 to explore the planet THE Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two key space missions another mission to the Moon, called Chandrayaan-4, and a mission to Venus by March 2028 to study and explore the planet.
MUKESH RANJAN
India aims for the Moon & Venus

The Cabinet also cleared subsidy on NPK fertilizer and establishment of a National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) for animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality (AVGC-XR.

"Chandrayaan-4 will develop and demonstrate the technologies to return to Earth after successfully landing on the Moon and will also collect lunar samples and analyse them on Earth," Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"On the other hand, the Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) will be a significant step towards the government's vision of exploring and studying Venus, beyond the Moon and Mars," he said at media briefing.

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