Japan And India Will Hunt For Water At The Moon Pole By 2025

Illustration of the launch of the JAXA and ISRO cooperation rockets (photo: dock. JAXA)

JAKARTA - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have been working together on a lunar polar exploration mission since 2019.

This collaboration makes the two countries share their duties. ISRO is tasked with building mission landers on the moon and JAXA is responsible for its lunar launch and rover.

Reporting fromSpace, this cooperation mission will be carried out at the earliest in 2025. They will launch the latest H3 rocket built by JAXA. In accordance with its duties, JAXA is currently making explorers and completing the basic design stage.

JAXA's rover, Natsu Fujioka, said that the Moon Pole Exploration Mission (LUPEX) has a good purpose for humans. They will investigate the quantity and quality of water on the moon.

The rover JAXA develops will drive looking for water and drill the lunar surface to collect samples. Later, the samples collected will be analyzed by the rover.

Apart from JAXA and ISRO, there are still many other space agencies interested in studying and looking for water on the moon. One of them is the United States Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA).

JAXA employee Hiroka Inoue admits this. According to him, all space agencies in various countries do explore the moon aggressively in order to find the right water source.

Therefore, JAXA and ISRO focus on exploring the polar region of the moon. According to observational analysis, water is in the region. If this water is found, Hiroka believes this water will be used for energy sources and human activities on the moon.