He ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 it overcame several obstacles before a successful soft landing on the moon’s surface on the night of August 23, catapulting India into the elite space club.
India became the first country land a spaceship near the south pole of the moon after Russia’s attempt to land on the Moon in the same area ended in failure due to an engine malfunction.
Chandrayaan 3 | ISRO | Twitter/@NoticiasIADN
Days after a failed Russian moon landing, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission will begin exploring an as-yet-unvisited area of the moon that has water ice that could be a resource for future missions. Two visitors from India, a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan, touched down in the moon’s south polar region on Wednesday.
To celebrate the victory of the Indian Space Agency, ISRO – Google has published a doodle to celebrate the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the Moon. The Chandrayaan-3 Animated Google Doodle shows the Vikram lander circling the moon and subsequently landing on its south pole. The Pragyan rover then heads out and begins to explore the lunar surface while the Moon is delighted and happy at the achievement.
Chandrayaan-3 Google Doodle | Google
An animated doodle of the Moon is delighted by the achievement and the Earth (representing people) joins in. The doodle represents the congratulatory messages that India’s space agency, ISRO, is receiving after achieving this remarkable feat.
Google has also created a page describing the journey of Chandrayaan-3 from the time of its launch on July 14, 2023 until its landing on August 23, 2023.
“Previously, only the United States, China and the former Soviet Union have completed soft landings on the moon, but no country has reached the south polar region so far,” Google describes on its page.
The description further stated: “The south pole of the Moon has been an area of great interest to space explorers, as they suspected the existence of ice deposits located within permanently shadowed craters. Chandrayaan-3 has now confirmed that this prediction is true! This ice offers the potential for critical resources for future astronauts, such as air, water, and even hydrogen rocket fuel.”
You will surprise us smiling every time we open the Google home page today ☺Here we celebrate the historic feat of @isro‘s #Chandrayaan3 and the first moon landing at the south pole of the moon, with this #Google doodle 🌕 pic.twitter.com/IIWcx4e6v2
-Google India (@GoogleIndia) August 24, 2023
For the next 14 days, the six-wheeled rover will conduct experiments on the moon’s surface. Both the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover have a lifespan of 1 lunar day, equivalent to 14 days on Earth. The lander carries five payloads for specific tasks on the Moon.
The Rover’s payloads are the LIBS or ‘laser induced decay spectroscope’ and the APXS or ‘alpha particle X-ray spectrometer’. The APXS will determine the elemental composition (magnesium, aluminum, silicon, potassium, calcium, titanium, and iron) of the lunar soil and rocks around the landing site.
The successful lunar landing by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) came a day after a Russian lander, Luna-25, crashed on the lunar surface during descent.
Google Doodle celebrates the successful landing of ISRO Chandrayaan-3 at the south pole of the Moon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently attending the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, joined virtually to follow the final moments leading up to the landing of the Vikram lander.
As soon as the lander touched down on the lunar south face, Prime Minister Modi was seen sporting a big smile and happily waving the tricolor. ISRO had been posting a series of close-up images of the moon, helping the lander determine its position (latitude and longitude) by comparing it to an onboard lunar reference map.
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