A NASA probe photographs the Chandrayaan-3 mission lander on the Moon

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. NASAI took pictures of the landing site of the Indian probe Chandrayaan-3. India’s space agency, ISRO, launched its mission in July, and touched down near the moon’s south pole on August 23.

launched in 2019, LRO made a series of discoveries about the moon. Four days after the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the lunar surface, it pointed its LROC camera at the site. The instrument recorded a clear area formed by interactions between the rocket shaft and the Lunar regolith:

The mission took the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to our natural satellite, ready to operate for one lunar day (about 14 Earth days). Among Chandrayaan-3’s goals are a safe landing on the lunar surface, demonstration of rover operations and conducting science experiments on site.

During this period, one of Vikram’s payloads conducted an experiment that collected production measurements Lunar soil temperature profile. On the other hand, the Bragyan spacecraft has traveled through the region and collected its own data confirming the presence of sulfur there.

And on Sunday (2), ISRO announced that the duo had completed their assignments, and thus, It will go into sleep modeand leave their tools idle. This measure was necessary so that the chariots could cope with the cold of the lunar night. Thus, when the sun rises again in the region, the members of the expedition will try to revitalize it.

source: NASA

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