Abstract
Next Indian Lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 is expected to be launched in 2017/18 with a Lunar Orbiter Lander and Rover. Basically, the requirement of the Lander includes communication, Landing area shape, topography and sunlit area. For analyzing the landing site of chandryaan-2 we are using the data of LOLA which is one of the payloads onboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) is an instrument designed to assist in the selection of landing sites on the Moon for future robotic and human exploration. ICRS has analyzed total ten craters; three of them are located in the North Pole while remaining seven craters are located in the South Pole of the Moon. Permanently Shadowed Region (PSR) on the south pole of the lunar surface is of special interest to researchers due the presence of trapped water ice into these PSRs.
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