Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on Wednesday at the south pole of Earth’s natural satellite for the first time in history.
India ranked among the select group of countries that achieved successfully land on the lunar surfacein back of United States, Russia and Chinabut he is the first to do so in the South Pole. The mission took place this Wednesday, August 24 at 6:04 p.m. (official time).
Known as “the dark side of the moon”there is very little knowledge about this region that is being explored by the probe Chandrayaan-3. Just a few minutes after your arrival, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) began to share the first images andn his X account, formerly Twitter.
Released over a month ago, this is India’s third mission to the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 was launched from Sriharikota, an island in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
The first images of the South Pole of the Moon
The images horizontal speed camera Lander they were taken during descent.
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“The image captured by the Landing Imaging Camera after landing. It shows a part of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site. You can also see a leg and the shadow that accompanies it. A relatively flat region on the lunar surface was chosen”, was the message that accompanied the first publication made by ISRO.
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Indian mission to the moon
The south pole region of the natural satellite of the Land, according to specialists, contains water in the form of icea key resource for long-term stays in space.
The ship from india arrived at his destination with a robot of exploration called Pragyan. This six-wheeled robot solar poweredand will go through that area, will transmit images and scientific data during the two weeks that the mission will last.
It is believed that the polar craters contain water icewhich could be extracted for sustain a permanent human presence.
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