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"<div class=\"alert alert-error\">\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>In news</b></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">-</span> Moon mission involving India and Japan, Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX), has been gathering steam in the last few days.</span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<b>About the mission-</b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is </span><b>envisaged to explore the permanently shadowed regions or the dark side of the moon.</b></li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It aims to send a lander and rover to the Moon’s south pole.</span></li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The main </span><b>objective </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of the mission is to</span><b> confirm the presence of water in the polar regions of the moon.</b></li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The mission is expected to be launched in the next couple of years. </span></li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The</span><b> launch vehicle for the mission will be a Japanese rocket</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the</span><b> lander system will be developed by ISRO while the Rover by JAXA,</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and its landing point will be the south pole of the moon.</span></li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Various scientific instruments developed by the two space agencies will also be part of the mission.</span></li>\r\n</ul>"
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