Chandrayaan-3 mission: As Vikram lander and Pragyan rover sleep, check out the highlights
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Hopes for the Chandrayaan-3 mission are dim, however, the space mission has made various achievements and discoveries that can not be ignored. Check ISRO Moon mission findings.
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The chances for the Vikram lander and Pragyan Rover revival are almost zero as the Moon's south pole lunar night has spread its darkness over the Moon lander and Chandrayaan-3 mission.
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ISRO efforts for revival have not stopped as they are still hoping to receive a signal from them, however, it's doubtful.
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The mission has almost come to an end but the ISRO Chandrayaan-3 mission was able to achieve all the expected objectives and it exceeded expectations.
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The first achievement of the Chandrayaan-3 mission was the touchdown of the Vikram lander on the lunar surface. The event made history and made India proud.
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Then Pragyan rover trundled out of Vikram lander and both then conducted studies on Moon for 1 lunar day which is 14 days on Earth.
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Vikram lander measured the soil temperature and gave us some shocking data. The ChaSTE payload measured the temperature of the lunar surface which was as high as 60-70 degrees Celsius and dipped by -10 degrees Celsius underneath 8 CM soil.
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The Pragyan rover has found the presence of Sulphur and other minerals on the lunar surface. Which also indicates the Moon's history of volcanic activities.
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The unplanned hop experiment of Vikram lander was another success for ISRO as they gave a new landing location to the lander and landed on the Moon for the second time.
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Additionally, the lunar surface does not have a lot of plasma which is good news as it would make radio wave communication possible.
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Lastly, the Chandrayaan-3 mission might have completed its course but ISRO has not settled yet and we soon hear about Chandrayaan-4 in collaboration with JAXA.