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India's plan to launch a mission to the moon could be pushed back by months. India can take some credit for the surge of interest in the moon, says anand Blewitt. Researchers argue that nations and private players are realizing they don't need big rockets or vast coffers to reach the moon. And they are also seeing it as a potential business opportunity.

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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