On Wednesday August 23, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission Chandrayaan-3 will deploy its lander and rover to the surface of the Moon.
As the name suggests, this is the third mission in a programme of Indian lunar exploration. Various problems affected theSo what will Chandrayaan-3 do? We already have sometaken by the lander module camera, which shows the successful separation from its propulsion module – the part that stays in lunar orbit. But the main task for the lander and rover is to show that the ISRO can successfully perform a gentle landing on the Moon.
For the first year of planned operation, the satellite provided some groundbreaking results, includingin a range of wavelengths. It was looking to determine the composition of the lunar surface, focusing on elements such as calcium, magnesium and iron. The intention with the second Chandrayaan mission was to take a lander and rover to the lunar surface. The orbiter reached the moon in 2019 and dropped the combined Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to the surface two and a half weeks later.and the combined mass of almost 1.5 tonnes – roughly the weight of a saloon car – crashed into the surface.Third time lucky
This will massively improve its reputation for scientific space launches, and potentially gives the agency more leverage for funding future mission planning as well.– an exceptionally low budget for a research mission leaving the Earth. It is comparable to the cost of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch.
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