Chandrayaan-3's Rover covers a distance of 8 meters on the Moon, says ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday said that the planned Rover movements have been verified and it has travelled a distance of nearly eight meters on the Moon.
«All planned Rover movements have been verified. The Rover has successfully traversed a distance of about 8 meters.
Rover payloads LIBS and APXS are turned ON. All payloads on the propulsion module, lander module, and rover are performing nominally,» ISRO said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
On Thursday, ISRO had said that all activities related to the Chandrayaan-3 mission are on schedule and all systems are functioning normally.
A GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle was used for the launch of the spacecraft that was placed in the lunar orbit on August 5 and since then, it went through a series of orbital manoeuvres before zeroing in on the moon’s surface.
A video of the Pragyan rover rolling out of Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander and walking on the lunar surface was also released by the ISRO.
Previously, ISRO released visuals of the August 23 soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram on the moon’s surface, clicked by Chandrayaan-2’s Orbiter High-Resolution Camera.
The rear wheels of the Pragyan rover have fixed with the ISRO logo and the national emblem, showcasing the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath.
As Pragyan moved on the moon's surface, the rover left behind imprints of the logo.
Upon landing, the lander and the rover will operate and do their set tasks for one lunar day. One day on the Moon is equal to 14 days on Earth.
India took a giant leap on Wednesday evening as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat and bringing to an
