{"id":265244,"date":"2023-08-23T14:57:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/2023\/08\/23\/chandrayaan-3-lands-on-moon-in-historic-moment-for-india-pm-modi-waves-national-flag\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:57:17","slug":"chandrayaan-3-lands-on-moon-in-historic-moment-for-india-pm-modi-waves-national-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2023\/08\/chandrayaan-3-lands-on-moon-in-historic-moment-for-india-pm-modi-waves-national-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandrayaan-3 lands on moon in historic moment for India, PM Modi waves national flag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface. <\/p>\n

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Vikram lander successfully soft-landed on Moon\u2019s south pole at 6.04pm on August 23. This mission is seen as crucial to lunar exploration and India’s standing as a space power. Prime Minister Narendra Modi waved the Indian flag as he watched the landing from South Africa, where he is attending the BRICS summit.<\/p>\n

Scientists and officials clapped, cheered and hugged each-other as the spacecraft landed and as the government now looks to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses. This was India’s second attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon and comes less than a week after Russia’s Luna-25 mission failed.<\/p>\n

India scripted history by becoming the first country to land the ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole. The solar-powered rover Pragyan will explore the surface and transmit data to Earth over its two-week lifespan<\/p>\n

The lunar south pole is a region whose shadowed craters are thought to contain water ice that could support a future moon settlement. On top of demonstrating its space technology capabilities, India’s latest attempt for the moon landing following a failure in 2019, is sure to boost its space industry. Meanwhile, on the streets of New Delhi and elsewhere in the country, excitement was palpable among people.<\/p>\n

The Chandrayaan-3 is aimed at the lunar south pole, a region with water ice, or frozen water, that could be a source of oxygen, fuel and water for future moon missions or a more permanent moon colony.<\/p>\n

The Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.<\/p>\n

The Chandrayaan-3 lander stands about 2 meters tall and has a mass of just over 1,700 kg (3,747.86 lb), roughly on par with an SUV. It’s designed to deploy a smaller, 26-kg lunar rover.<\/p>\n

NASA administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement that the U.S. space agency was “looking forward” to what would be learned from the Indian mission.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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