— What's next for India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover mission? — Latest news about India's space program India's first attempt to land on the moon came in 2019. The Chandrayaan-2 lander experienced errors during the latter part of its descent and made a hard impact with the lunar surfa...
The Chandrayaan-3 moon lander from India was spotted on the lunar surface on Sept. 6, 2022 by a fellow mission: Chandrayaan-2, which has been orbiting the moon since 2019. (Image credit: ISRO) India's new moon lander and rover were just spotted by another lunar probe. The Chandrayaan...
We acknowledge the use of images from Chandrayaan-3 rover NavCam developed by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) and processed by the SAC and the use of the image from the Orbiter High Resolution Camera (OHRC) aboard the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter provided by the SAC data processing...
Chandrayaan-3 Pragyan rover images analysed for the first insitu crater distribution at Lunar south polar regionChandrayaan-3 Vikram lander landed over 2300 m of ejecta deposited from South Pole Aitken basin and other basins/cratersChandrayaan-3 mission landed within a buried impact crater, which is...
After a few hours, the spacecraft's lander deploys a rover that will spend two weeks gathering rock samples, images, and data. During the fortnight, it will run a series of experiments to determine the mineral composition of the lunar surface. Betwee...
The Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module remains in orbit of the Moon, but the Vikram lander is now a permanent resident of the surface. Aboard the lander is Pragyan, a small six-wheeled rover. Until now, only the US, China, and the Soviet Union have successfully landed spacecraft on the Moon...
India's third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3, has successfully deployed a lander and a rover at a high-latitude location on the Moon to conduct in situ scientific studies that will potentially improve our understanding on the primary crust formation and subsequent modification ...
An artist's impression of the Chandrayaan-3 lander with its small rover deployed on the lunar surface.ISRO/Indian Defence Network Circling the moon in an elliptical orbit with a high point of 83 miles and a low point of just 15.5 miles, Chandrayaan-3's braking engines fired up around 8:...
India's Chandrayaan-3 probe has captured more amazing imagery of the moon ahead of its historic touchdown try, which is just a few days away. Chandrayaan-3launched on July 14, on a mission to pull off India's first-ever successful lunar landing. The lander-rover duo has been checking its...
The first images from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission taken after the probe's historic moon touchdown reveal a pockmarked surface near the lunar south pole.