Chandrayaan-3 is set to launch on July 14. Know everything about the mission here. (ISRO| Twitter)

India to Launch Third Lunar Exploration with Chandrayaan-3

Adarsh V.KJuly 12, 23 Earth, ISRO, moon, NASA

India has successfully undertaken two lunar missions, gaining valuable insights from each venture and growing in strength with every endeavor. The initial Chandrayaan mission, launched on October 22, 2008, notably made a groundbreaking discovery of water on the moon, subsequently leading to numerous other significant findings.

The second mission, Chandrayaan-2, was launched on July 22, 2019. The lander entered lunar orbit, but later disappeared just 2.1 km above the lunar surface.

Now Chandrayaan-3 has been built using the lessons learned from past failures and ISRO hopes that the space mission will succeed.

Chandrayaan-3 mission

Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to launch from India on July 14 at 2:35 PM. Indian Standard Time. It has a few main goals with more emphasis. The first focus of the mission is to land safely on the lunar surface so that the experiments can be carried out. According to NASA, the lander will touch down with the rover in the south polar region of the Moon. After landing, the lander collects material from the surface for 14 Earth days. Chandrayaan-3 cost around ₹615.

Now let’s thoroughly understand the science behind the upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission.

Chandrayaan-3 Science and Technology

The spacecraft consists of three main components, the rover, the lander and the propulsion module, which operate with advanced technology. According to ISRO, these three components include technologies such as hazard detection and avoidance in the rover, a landing leg mechanism to achieve a soft touch, and altimeters and speedometers to estimate height and speed above the moon.

The propulsion module will be a box-like structure with a large solar panel attached to one side and a large cylinder on top. The landing gear consists of four landing legs and four landing thrusters. Finally, the Rover is mounted on a six-wheel rocker in a wheel-drive configuration with a rectangular chassis. All these components have their own role and functions in different phases of the task.