Towards continued efforts for sustained human spaceflight missions, India has envisioned long term road map which also includes embarking on a crewed mission to moon.

As part of India’s Space Vision 2047, 1^st crewed lunar mission is tentatively planned by 2040. Towards accomplishing this goal, major projects viz. Chandrayaan-4 Lunar Sample Return Mission, Chandrayaan-5 ISRO-JAXA LuPex mission, Gaganyaan follow-on missions including Bharatiya Antariksh Station module-1, Next Generation Launch Vehicle and Third Launch Pad were recently approved by the government.

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