The Chandrayaan-3 mission is set for a lunar touchdown on Wednesday at 8:34 a.m. ET.
down on the dusty surface. Should Chandrayaan-3 stick the landing, India will join a small group of countries that have successfully landed on the Moon: the Soviet Union, the U.S., and China.Chandrayaan-3 is made up of a propulsion module, a lander, and a rover. Its main goal is to demonstrate the ability to land on the Moon and roam the lunar surface for exploration to help develop new technologies for interplanetary missions.
The lander, nicknamed Vikram, is equipped with a ramp for deployment and is designed to carry the rover to the surface of the Moon. Pragyan,carries a laser-induced breakdown spectroscope and an alpha particle X-ray spectrometer to study the chemical composition of the surface of the Moon. All in all, the mission is designed to operate on the Moon’s surface for a lunar day, which is roughly equivalent to 14 Earth days.
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