Chandrayaan-4 Plans Lunar Surface Takeoff

Chandrayaan-4 Mission identifies Mons Mouton on the Moon as the landing location for its lander. Chandrayaan-4 provides for demonstrating takeoff from the lunar surface after collecting surface samples and bringing them back to Earth, with a planned timeline of 2027.

Chandrayaan-4 Mission & Mons Mouton (Leibnitz Beta):

Dimension	Key Details
Mission sequence	India’s fourth mission to the Moon.
Landing location	Chandrayaan-4 provides for landing its lander at Mons Mouton on the Moon.
Demonstration	Demonstrating taking off from the lunar surface after collecting surface samples, and bringing back the same to the Earth.
Planned timeline	The planned timeline for Chandrayaan-4 mission applies to 2027.
Mons Mouton location	Mountain near the Moon’s south pole.
Informal name	Mons Mouton is known informally as Leibnitz Beta.
Naming	Mons Mouton is named after NASA mathematician and computer programmer Melba Roy Mouton.
Physical features	Flat-topped feature spanning almost 100 kilometres and rises roughly 6000 meters above the surrounding terrain.