New Delhi: It’s an incredible and awe-inspiring moment of the Moon Mission, for which crores of Indians have been waiting for. After successful soft landing of Landing Module on lunar surface, the Pragyan Rover came out of the Lander named ‘Vikram’ creating yet another memorable moment.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday shared the first pictures/video of Rover rolling down the Moon’s surface.
The images and video were captured by Vikram Lander’s Imager Camera while Pragyan Rover slowly came out and glided on the lunar surface.
Taking to Twitter, ISRO wrote, “… and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface.”
… … and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface. pic.twitter.com/nEU8s1At0W
— ISRO (@isro) August 25, 2023
The magnificent & breathtaking video of the moment has left netizens highly impressed and in awe of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Prior to this, ISRO had also captured close-up view of the Moon’s prior to touchdown on August 23. Vikram Lander’s Imager Camera has been instrumental in bringing up & close view of the Moon’s surface.
With Rover landing on the lunar surface, this will do extensive research over next 14 days and study various possibilities about life on Earth’s satellite. The findings of Chandrayaan’s lunar exploration will help scientists understand the structure & character of Moon’s surface and accordingly plan further space expedition.
After Chandrayaan-3 landing on Moon, Pragyan Rover came out after almost 4 hours while scientists in ISRO control room navigated the most smooth landing for it, followed by 14-day exploration. The Landing Module was made to land in an area free of pits/gorges and boulders.
In the video released by Indian space agency, the solar panel of Pragyan rover is also seen receiving sunlight, with its shadow visible in the background. The place around Lander & Rover will last for next 14 days thereby allowing it to conduct series of experiments.
What makes Chandrayaan-3 achievements more important is its landing on Moon’s South Pole, an area which reportedly possesses more trenches and craters as compared to other areas.
