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India’s Chandrayaan-3 Illuminates The Moon’s Dark Side
India’s Chandrayaan-3 Illuminates The Moon’s Dark Side
India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission made a successful soft landing near the moon’s South Pole, bringing joy to the hearts of a billion people and catapulting the country into the exclusive club of spacefaring nations. The news was announced in New Delhi.
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India has made history by becoming the first country to touch down near the South Pole, which has become a popular new travel destination ever since scientists discovered water on the moon.
The landing took occurred at 6:04 pm, and the war room of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) erupted into massive celebrations. There was an overwhelming outpouring of congratulations on social media.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is now attending the BRICS Summit in South Africa, participated in the event remotely from South Africa and remarked, “This time is precious and unprecedented. This event heralds the arrival of the victorious new India. The power of 1.4 billion heartbeats is embodied in this moment.
“Because of the dedication and expertise of our scientists, India was able to reach the lunar South Pole for the first time… Because our journey to the moon is centred around people and their needs, we consider its success to be a shared achievement for all of humanity. It would be helpful for future moon missions carried out by other countries,” he went on to say.
The Pragyan Rover will continue to transmit photographs and data from the surface of the moon for the next 14 days, which is the same length of time as one lunar day. Because it is powered by solar cells, its activity is expected to taper down after 14 days. This is because it is powered.
The landing was preceded by a series of deft manoeuvrings on the part of the pilot. The four engines that were powering the Vikram will be shut down so that it can slow down over the last thirty kilometres and make the difficult soft landing.
Due to the successful landing, a significant amount of powdered dust was created. The rover Pragyan won’t roll out of its parking spot until the dust has been cleared away. Because of the moon’s lesser gravitational pull, dust will not condense on the moon like it does on Earth.
Live coverage of the event is being broadcast all throughout the nation on DD National, the ISRO website, and YouTube starting at 5:20 pm local time. The nation’s educational institutions are operating normally, and space nerds are busy planning celebrations in preparation for the momentous occasion.
The lunar lander was carried into space on a heavy-lift launch vehicle designated as LVM 3 on July 14 and given liftoff. On August 5 it was launched into the orbit around the moon. The name “Vikram” was given to the Indian space program’s lander in honour of Vikram Sarabhai, who is widely recognised as the founder of the Indian space programme.
ISRO has a variety of programmes planned for after the lunar mission, including a mission to study the Sun and a human space flight programme called Gaganyaan. After the moon mission, ISRO will focus on these projects. It is anticipated that Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, would be launched in the first week of September. Preparations are now being made for the mission.
