Correct Answer : Option (C) - Japan
ISRO is planning to collaborate with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for sending a lunar rover to explore the permanent shadow region of the moon.
After missions to the moon and Mars, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has now set its eyes on Venus and also plans to explore the dark side of the moon, while partnering with Japan.
Making a presentation on ISRO’s future missions at the Akash Tattva conference, Anil Bhardwaj, Director of the Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory, told PTI that the space agency also planned to send a probe to Mars.
Bhardwaj added that it was in talks with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for sending a lunar rover to explore the permanent shadow region of the moon.
LUNAR ROVER TO EXPLORE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON : As per the initial plans, a lunar lander and rover built by ISRO will be put into orbit by a Japanese rocket with a planned landing near the south pole of the moon. “The rover will then travel to the permanent shadow region of the moon which never sees sunlight,” Bhardwaj said.
He said the exploration of the region was interesting as anything that has remained in the
PSR zone was akin to staying in
deep freeze for times immemorial..
Source : India
