Watch: Selfies Of Pragyan’s Moonwalk, Received From Vikram Lander
The ISRO shared the amazing pictures taken by India’s Vikram lander while Pragyan rover, slowly, snail-paced, descended to the surface of the moon.
India on August 23 had created history by successfully placing its Chandrayaan-3 Mission on the moon with a lander and a rover, the first to land on the south of the moon. Sharing the videos on its X handle, the ISRO tweeted, “Here is how the Lander Imager Camera captured the moon”s image just prior to touchdown” and “here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface”.
The delightful video, shows the rover rolling out from the lander’s ramp and the marks made by the rover on the surface of the moon; the sunlight streaming on the panel can be seen. The sunlight in that region of moon would last for 14 days. The mission would now conduct experiments and take pictures which would be sent to the ISRO. On closer examination of the video, the Indian flag and the ISRO logo can also be seen.
… … and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface. pic.twitter.com/nEU8s1At0W
— ISRO (@isro) August 25, 2023
The moon does not have an atmosphere which experiences weather conditions like the rain, wind or snow, which would enable the foot print of Pragyan to stay for eternity, said Senior Science Journalist, Pallav Bagla to NDTV.
The soft landing was achieved at 6.04 pm Indian time on a relatively clear surface of the South Pole region of moon, where craters and deep trenches are said to exist, the earlier missions to the moon had targeted the equatorial regions of the moon. Pragyan has already begun its experiments, which could enhance our knowledge of the lunar resources and surface like never before for this is the world”s first ever scientific expedition to the South of the moon.
