The Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan 3 mission has released the first image after landing on the moon. The image was released by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
The photo was taken with a landing camera pointing downwards and not intended for panoramas. The image shows the lunar soil and the shadow of the device’s landing support. It landed on a relatively flat and flat area, as the probe’s operators indicated.
The Pragyan moon rover will soon be operational, which will leave Vikram and begin its exploration in an area within a radius of 500 m. As the device lands in the south polar region, scientists hope the instruments will be able to detect traces of the Moon. water ice. Local water resources will significantly aid in the exploration of the Moon and the construction of humanity’s first lunar bases, planned for the 2030s.
Details on the design of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and the Indian space program can be found at: material socialbites.ca.