In a notable achievement for space travel, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission has successfully made a soft landing near the southern pole of Earth’s Moon.
This accomplishment comes mere days after Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft encountered failure during its attempt to land in the same area. India has now joined the ranks of nations to realize a successful soft landing on the Moon, marking the fourth global achievement of this kind.
After launching from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 14th, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft embarked on a 22-day journey before finally entering the Moon’s orbit on August 5th. On August 17th, the Vikram lander, accompanied by the Pragyan lunar ground rover, successfully disengaged from its propulsion module, marking a crucial step in preparation for today’s soft landing.
This makes India one of the few to attain a triumphant lunar south pole touchdown, an area of the Moon that remains relatively uncharted and is believed to harbor deposits of water ice. Previously, three other nations—namely the United States, China, and the former Soviet Union—achieved soft landings in proximity to the Moon’s equator.
This region offers a safer environment characterized by comparatively hospitable temperatures, manageable terrain, and consistent sunlight to recharge solar-powered instruments.
What’s Next in the Mission?
This mission signifies India’s second endeavor at attempting a lunar landing, subsequent to the Chandrayaan-2 lander’s unfortunate crash on the Moon’s surface in 2019.
The subsequent phase of the Chandrayaan-3 mission will entail the deployment of the Pragyan rover, tasked with conducting an in-depth survey of the local lunar environment throughout one lunar day, equivalent to approximately 14 Earth days. Among the roster of scientific experiments, the rover will utilize X-ray spectrometry to discern the elemental composition of the Moon’s surface.
Via: The Verge
Congratulations to all the Pakistani people for 76 years of slavery and selecting so called leaders from ppp, pmln and pti.
don’t blame ppp last 10 years were not of them you blame them for no reason you are slave yourself
Many congratulations to India on this historic achievement!
This is certainly a proud moment for them.
P.S. Now, if only Indian film makers stop making propaganda BS and set their sights to the bigger picture, which means looking to the great beyond for their films instead of Pakistan, that would certainly be so wonderful :)
Pakistani Space agency is taken over by one General of Pakistan Army (Major General Amir Nadeem). And army officers are enjoying double perks by getting top ranks in SPARCO.
Meanwhile Indian space agency is run by professional scientists and they have achieved wonders.
Our own Army is becoming a reason that why we are not progressing. It is our request to Pak Army to please vacate SPARCO and give it back to civilian control and real space scientists
Enough should be enough. Please leave us alone and let us progress. Stop your intervention and just do your own duty at the borders
@Chor do jaan hamari
Stop misleading the public here. Civilians were doing a lot of corruption and that is why SPARCO (the space agency of Pakistan) was handed over to Pak Army to steer the Pakistani Space program in the right direction.
@Patriot you are right and speaking with facts now tomorrow they might say pakistan football is failing due to mistakes.
We have a “Space Program” ???
I space program is definitely doubtful. But we have IK to destroy Pakistan.