Japan's slim lander for investigating the moon, which is likely to launch some time later this year, will attempt a pin point landing. India's chandran three, currently officially slated for an august launch that might get delayed, will be the nation's second tempts to get a lander and rover on to the lunar surface. The united arab emerets is embarking on its first lunar mission with a rover called rashid, scheduled to launch later this year. That flight could potentially mark another first as the pioneering trip to the moon by a commercial mission. Some of the national space agencies running these expeditions are providing only scant details about the missions and when they will
In the next year, no fewer than seven missions are heading to the Moon. While NASA's Artemis programme might be stealing most of the limelight, the United States is just one of many nations and private companies that soon plan to launch lunar missions.
Although some of the agencies running these expeditions are providing scant details about the missions, it is hoped the they will provide streams of data about the Moon, heralding what scientists say could be a new golden age of lunar exploration.
This is an audio version of our Feature: These six countries are about to go to the Moon — here’s why
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