The Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module safely landed on the Moon's South Pole on August 23. After this historic success by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Pragyan Rover has been making observations to uncover lunar mysteries at the South Pole. The mission had three goals. Two of them have been achieved, firstly the soft landing in the South Pole of the Moon and successfully putting the rover on the Moon's surface. The third goal, which involves performing experiments directly on the moon, is currently in progress.
Here are some interesting findings from the south pole region on the Moon by Chadrayaan-3 so far:
On August 27, ISRO published a graph detailing the changes in temperature on the moon's surface. A senior scientist at the space agency was surprised by the unexpectedly high-temperature readings on the lunar surface. ISRO provided an update, explaining that they used a tool called ChaSTE, located on Chandrayaan-3's Vikram Lander, to measure the temperature profile of the soil around the pole on the moon. This was done to gain insights into how the moon's surface reacts to heat. Speaking to news agency PTI, ISRO scientist B H M Darukesha mentioned they had assumed that the temperature might range from around 20 to 30 degrees Celsius on the surface, but it's actually 70 degrees Celsius, which is much higher than what they initially anticipated.
Right now, the Rover is facing a time constraint, kind of like it's “racing against time”.
Nilesh M Desai, who is in charge of the Space Applications Centre, explained on Sunday that they have a total of just 14 days for this whole mission, which equals just one day on the moon, ANI reported. So far, they've used up four of those days. He emphasised saying that it's really important for them to make the most of the remaining ten days by doing as many experiments and research as possible. He also said that all the ISRO scientists are putting in their efforts.
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
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