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ISRO PLANS RETURN TO MARS, MISSIONS TO VENUS,
SUN
India is planning to launch a return mission
to Mars and a spacecraft to study asteroids,
Venus and the sun, as it looks to build a
body of scientific data to encourage more
people to take up research. So far, Indian
Space Research Organisation has launched missions
with Chandrayaan-1 for moon and Mangalyaan-1
for Mars, besides an observatory in space
with Astrosat. In March, it is returning to
the moon with a lander and a rover that would
explore the moon for water and helium. Subsequently,
it will launch Aditya, a satellite that will
carry instruments to understand the sun better.
Besides, the ISRO is looking at Mangalyaan-2,
a follow-on mission to Mars, and launching
two satellites that would look at Venus and
explore asteroids. The success of Astrosat-1
has also prompted the space agency to launch
another telescope in the skies with a follow-on
mission. The ISRO has called on scientists
to participate in these missions.
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