The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning a joint moon mission with the US-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) following approval from the space policy body, Space Commission.
ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said, “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration [Nasa] has invited proposals under its New Frontiers programme announced in 2009.”
As per the cooperation agreement, ISRO will send a satellite to orbit the moon to transmit data to earth from the rover JPL plans to send to the lunar surface to collect lunar rocks to take back to Earth for study.
“We will take forward the proposal and work out a detail plan once Nasa selects the proposal,” said Radhakrishnan.
Nasa has selected three proposals for the agency’s next space venture and the final project is expected to be selected in mid 2011, according to PTI.
The mission, if selected, would be launched in 2016 and India could contribute $150m towards it.
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