India and Japan are working together on a joint lunar polar exploration (LUPEX) mission that aims to send a lander and rover to the Moon’s the South Pole around 2024.

Try this PYQ from CSP 2020:

Q.The experiment will employ a trio of spacecraft flying in formation in the shape of an equilateral triangle that has sides one million km long, with lasers shining between the craft.” the experiment in the question refers to?

(a) Voyager-2

(b) New horizons

(c) LISA pathfinder

(d) Evolved LISA

LUPEX Mission

• The LUPEX is a robotic lunar mission concept by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
• It would send a lunar rover and lander to explore the South Pole region of the Moon in 2024.
• JAXA is likely to provide the under-development H3 launch vehicle and the rover, while ISRO would be responsible for the lander.
• The mission concept has not yet been formally proposed for funding and planning.
• The Lunar Polar Exploration mission would demonstrate new surface exploration technologies related to vehicular transport and lunar night survival for sustainable lunar exploration in Polar Regions.

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