Pragyan Rover Rolls Out Near Moon's South Pole! Chandrayaan-3's Next Chapter Begins

Chandrayaan 3 achieved a significant milestone by executing a successful soft landing on the moon's south pole on August 23. With the Pragyan rover safely disembarked from the Vikram lander's belly, a new phase of lunar exploration has begun.

Over the next 14 days, equivalent to one lunar day, Pragyan will conduct a series of experiments on the moon's surface, transmitting valuable data to the lander, which will then relay it to Earth. Its duties include experiments to further understand the lunar surface.

The successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a major achievement for India. It is the country's fourth lunar mission, and its first to land on the moon's south pole. The south pole is a region that has never been explored before, and it is thought to be rich in water ice.

The rover's mission is also significant for humanity as a whole. It will help us to better understand the moon's geology, topography, and history. It will also help us to explore the potential of the moon as a resource for future human exploration.

The nation applauds the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, and it looks forward to the discoveries that the Vikram land rover will make.According to ISRO, Lander and the Rover have five scientific payloads which have been placed inside the Lander Module (LM).

Rover's Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) will be used to derive the chemical composition and infer mineralogical composition to further enhance the understanding of the lunar surface.

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) will determine the elemental composition of the lunar soil and rocks around the Moon's landing site.

The deployment of Rover to carry out in-situ scientific experiments would scale new heights in lunar expeditions, ISRO said.

The Mission life of both Lander and Rover is 1 Lunar Day each, which is equal to 14 Earth days.

The Lander Payloads are RAMBHA-LP (Langmuir Probe), to measure the near surface plasma (ions and electrons) density and its changes with time

ChaSTE Chandra's Surface Thermo Physical Experiment will carry out the measurements of thermal properties of lunar surface near polar region.

The Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) will measure the seismicity around the landing site and delineating the structure of the lunar crust and mantle.