India is the fourth country, after the Soviet Union, the US and China, to successfully place a device on the lunar surface.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that the Chandrayaan-3 mission was a success, after landing on the south pole of the Moon, becoming the first probe to land in this region of our satelite.
India is the fourth country, after the Soviet Union, the US and China, to successfully place a device on the lunar surface.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that the Chandrayaan-3 mission was a success, after landing on the south pole of the Moon, becoming the first probe to land in this region of our satelite pic.twitter.com/yU71LmjIuF
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The Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, which was launched on July 14, is made up of a lander and rover. The module is approximately 2 meters tall and weighs around 1,700 kilograms. In the case of your rover, it has a weight of 26 kilograms.
Chandrayaan-3 is expected to carry out a series of scientific experiments aimed at studying the mineral composition of lunar soil.
During its approach to the Moon, ISRO shared some photos, as well as a video, that were captured with the cameras installed on the Chandrayaan-3 lander.
In the case of the images, the Indian space agency explained which were taken last Saturday by the lander’s position detection camera (LPDC), to a height of 70 kilometers above the lunar surface. In them you can see some regions of asteroid impacts, such as the Mare Marginis and the Mare Smythiiwhich are on the visible side of the Earth’s natural satellite.
On the other hand, the ISRO public a video, obtained last Sunday by the number 4 image capture camera, which shows a closer view of the lunar soil. Chandrayaan-3 is equipped with cameras that allow it to orient its position, so the captured images match a lunar map that is programmed into its on-board computer.
Source: RT
