The site on the lunar south pole where the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) made its historic Moon landing can be seen in a new image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The image was taken on 27 August, just a few days after the mission made its
. The lander appears as a small blip in a vast expanse of crater-pocked lunar landscape, almost seeming to glow against the gray dust that coats the ground., is the result of the lander's rocket plume interacting with the surrounding regolith.Although they have only been operational a few days, the lander, Vikram, and rover, Pragyan, have already begun performing science on
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