Moon’s South Pole

NASA’s LRO – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – spacecraft imaged the Chandrayaan-3 landing site on the Moon’s surface. The LROC (short for LRO Camera) acquired an oblique view (42-degree slew angle) of the lander four days later. The…

Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover has traversed more than 100 metres on the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a mission update on September 2, 2023. Chandrayaan-3 Mission: 🏏Pragyan 100* Meanwhile, over the…

Chandrayaan-3: The Pragyan rover’s Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument has confirmed the presence of sulphur on the Moon’s south pole. The payload performed first-of-their-kind in-situ experiments to make the…

Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first observations from the Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) payload on Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander. ChaSTE has measured the…