ISRO on Friday released a breathtaking video of the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s rover ‘Pragyan’ rolling down from the lander ‘Vikram’ to the lunar surface as observed by the lander imager camera. “… and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface”, said the message along with the video posted …
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said that Pragyan Rover began its moonwalk on the lunar surface. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), ISRO said, “Chandrayaan-3 Mission. Chandrayaan-3 Rover to MOX, ISTRAC, Moon walk begins!” Earlier today ISRO also released the images of the Lander Imager Camera which captured the moon’s image just before the touchdown …
Google Doodle in honor of India’s successful Chandrayaan-3 moon landing. Google A plucky little space mission made history, and Google is in on the celebration with a sweet animated ode to India’s uncrewed Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. The mission’s Vikram lander made a soft touchdown on the surface of the moon on Wednesday. It’s the kind of …
After the successful deployment of Chandrayaan-3’s lander and rover on the moon, ISRO is hoping that their mission life will not be limited to one lunar day or 14 earth days, and that they will come back to life when the sun again rises on the Moon, to carry on with the experiments and studies …
Students wave India’s national flag as they gather in support of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in … [+] Mumbai on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images India has joined the U.S., China and the former USSR in successfully soft-landing a spacecraft on …
The Chandrayaan-3 mission is set to land on the moon’s surface this evening, with the movements live-streamed on social media platforms and TV channels. India will be the first country to land on the lunar south pole. The lander module, named after Vikram Sarabhai, successfully separated from the propulsion module and descended to a slightly …
As scientists at ISRO gear up for the much-awaited soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon’s surface, the space agency may postpone the touchdown to August 27 in the event that health parameters of the lander module are found to be “abnormal”, a senior official has said. ISRO had planned the soft landing …
Chandrayaan-3, India’s latest lunar mission, is expected to make a soft landing on the south pole of the moon on August 23. The spacecraft was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on July 14. After completing a journey of almost 40 days, the Chandrayaan-3 mission will finally make India the fourth nation to land …
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft adjusted its orbit on Friday as it prepared to attempt the first landing near the south pole of the moon, space agency Roscosmos said. “Today at 09:20 Moscow time (11:50 am IST), the propulsion system of the automatic station performed an orbit correction lasting 40 seconds. Its goal is to provide the …
Russia is in the final stages of preparing for the launch of its groundbreaking lunar landing spacecraft, marking its return to lunar exploration after a 47-year hiatus. The country aims to become the first power to achieve a soft landing on the moon’s south pole, an area believed to contain significant deposits of water ice. …