This is the Indian Rocket that Successfully Landed Smoothly on the Moon

NEW DELHI – Aircraft outer space Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon, making India the fourth country to reach the Moon.

India placed itself on par with the United States, China and the Soviet Union. India even made history as the country that successfully set foot on the South Pole of the Moon for the first time in history.

Quoted from Sky News, Thursday (24/8/2023), with this success, India was able to map the conditions of the dark craters at the Moon’s South Pole which are believed to contain water ice, making it possible to build a base in the future.

Unlike Russia which recently had an accident on the Moon, India knows very well how to conquer the challenges on the Moon with adjustments to the Chandrayaan-3’s legs which have been made more sturdy.

All of this knowledge was successfully obtained after India in 2019 failed to land Chandrayaan-2 on the Moon. At that time the aircraft could not pass through the difficult terrain with many trenches and craters. “India showed and proved that the sky is not the limit,” said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Chandrayaan-3 will spend two weeks collecting rock samples, images and data from the Moon. India will also conduct a series of experiments to determine the mineral composition of the Moon’s surface.

On this occasion, the Pragyaan lunar rover weighing 26 Kg will also be deployed to take measurements.

Dr Ian Whittaker, a space physicist at Nottingham Trent University, said landing at the lunar South Pole would give humanity a more accurate determination of the composition of the lunar crust. The location is thought to be suitable for a base because it gets constant sunlight to power it.

“The instruments on board the rover will be useful if we want to build structures from local materials,” Dr Ian said.

The focus of this exploration is to examine the presence of water ice in craters scattered around the Moon’s South Pole. This material is believed to be a source of fuel, oxygen and drinking water, to support the needs of a future lunar base. This location also has the potential to be a staging post for deeper space exploration.

(wbs)