ISRO’s Miraculous Achievement: Chandrayaan-3 Mission Reveals Vikram Lander Success
India has made a significant achievement with the successful completion of its Chandrayaan-3 mission. Despite accomplishing all its objectives, the Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover continue to be closely monitored by people worldwide. The mission has led to numerous discoveries by ISRO, which is why Chandrayaan-3 has remained in the headlines since its launch.
In a surprising turn of events, the Chandrayaan-3 mission reached an unexpected milestone when the Vikram lander conducted a hop test on the lunar surface. In an interview with India Today, project director P Veeramuthuvel revealed that this experiment was completely unplanned and exceeded the objectives of the mission.
Chandrayaan-3, an Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) mission, was originally designed to study various aspects of the lunar environment. The Vikram lander and the Pragyan driver performed a series of experiments over the course of 14 Earth days, providing a wealth of valuable information. However, as the lunar night approached, the fate of the lander and rover remained uncertain.
Vikram Lander’s Drunk Experiment
During the unplanned hop test, the Vikram lander fired its engines as instructed and rose about 40 centimeters above the lunar surface. It then landed safely about 30-40 centimeters away from its original location at Shiv Shakti Point. This successful maneuver demonstrated Chandrayaan-3’s ability to take off from the lunar surface, paving the way for future missions that could potentially return lunar samples to India. The unexpected success of this maneuver has opened up exciting possibilities for future lunar exploration projects, including examples of return missions and even human missions to the Moon. It showcases India’s growing capability in space exploration and its potential contribution to international lunar exploration.
Despite several attempts by ISRO to restore contact with the Vikram lander and the Pragyan lander during the lunar night, there has been no response from the Pragyan rover and the Vikram lander.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission had already made history by successfully landing near the south polar region of the Moon on August 23, 2023, making India the first country to achieve this feat. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) took a picture of the landing site of the Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module on the surface of the Moon. The photo was taken four days after landing.
This mission was a major milestone in India’s space exploration journey and received international attention.
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