Lunar Exploration - A New Frontier in Space Research

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