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India plans to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040


"This is an enormous task."

Scheduled to launch in 2028, this mission aims to collect roughly 6.6 pounds (3 kilograms) of samples from a water-ice-rich area near the moon's south pole and deliver them to Earth. Meanwhile, the four astronauts chosen to participate in crewed space missions from India are undergoing training in one of ISRO's facilities in Bengaluru after finishing similar work in Russia. One astronaut, Indian Air Force test pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, is scheduled to fly next spring to the International Space Station on a two-week mission.

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