The Vikram lander on the Moon’s surface has been captured on camera by the Pragyan rover of Chandrayaan-3. This morning, the image was captured from a distance. The Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam), according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), took the “image of the mission.”
The picture shows the Vikram lander poised on the Moon’s surface. The image from the Pragyan rover also shows ChaSTE (Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment), which recently assessed the temperature profile of the lunar surface on the South Pole to comprehend the thermal behavior of the Moon’s surface.
ISRO tweeted the image with the message, “Smile, please! This morning, Pragyan Rover took a picture of Vikram Lander. The Rover’s Navigation Camera (NavCam) captured the “image of the mission.” The Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) is creating NavCams for the Chandrayaan-3 Mission.
The Pragyan Rover verified the presence of sulfur on the lunar surface on Tuesday. According to ISRO, the Pragyan Rover’s Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) sensor clearly identified sulfur (S) as being present on the lunar surface close to the south pole.
The Pragyan rover has not only found sulfur, but also aluminum, calcium, ferrous (iron), chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon, and oxygen, according to the space agency. ISRO declared that the search for hydrogen was ongoing.
The spectral line of sulfur is vividly discernible at the South Pole, according to Nilesh Desai, Director, Space Applications Centre, ISRO.
Nilesh Desai told ANI that the rover has two payloads: an X-ray spectrograph and a laser-induced spectrograph. The spectral line of sulfur is readily discernible in the south pole, according to its initial findings. It is easy to see sulfur at the south pole.
On August 23, the Vikram lander from the Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully touched down on the lunar surface at the unexplored South Pole, making India the first nation to explore the area and the fourth to have done so after the US, China, and Russia.
(With help from agencies)
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