Vikram lander successfully lands on Moon; India becomes 4th country to make soft landing on lunar surface

Vikram lander successfully lands on Moon; India becomes 4th country to make soft landing on lunar surface

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: August 24 2023

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  • The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, made a successfully landed on the Moon’s surface on August 23, making India only the fourth country after the erstwhile USSR, the U.S. and China to make a soft landing on the lunar surface.
  • India has become the first nation to land near the South Pole, which is the hot new destination since traces of water was found on moon.
  • For the next 14 days equivalent to one moon day, the Pragyan Rover will send images and data from the surface of the moon.
  • The moon lander was launched on July 14, perched on a LVM 3 heavy-lift launch vehicle. It was placed in the lunar orbit on August 5. 
  • The lander Vikram is named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is widely regarded as the father of the Indian space programme.
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