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India News: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) conducted a unique experiment by moving the Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 from an orbit around

The Chandrayaan-3 mission, launched on July 14, 2023, aimed to demonstrate a soft landing near the lunar south polar region and conduct experiments using the instruments on the Vikram Lander and Pragyaan Rover.

ISRO continues to surprise India with Chandrayaan-3. Now the orbiting satellite of the Chandrayaan-3 mission called the propulsion module - which was orbiting the Moon - has been extracted from the Moon orbit and placed in an orbit around Earth.

Science News: ISRO successfully returns the Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module (PM) to Earth's orbit after surpassing lunar mission objectives. The mission aimed to sh

The cryogenic upper stage of the LVM3 M4 launch vehicle, which successfully injected the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the intended orbit on July 14 this year, made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earths atmosphere, the ISRO said.

ISROs style is a terrific example of being able to survive, acknowledge failures, and then most importantly of all, learn from them to ensure that subsequent missions are successful.

With the help of nuclear energy, the propulsion module of Chandrayaan-3 will continue to revolve around the Moon for the next several years. Chandrayaan 3 landed on the moon on August 23 this year.

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As Vikram descended and subsequently touched down on the lunar surface, it triggered the activation of its descent stage thrusters which resulted in the ejection of a substantial amount of lunar surficial epi-regolith (the top surface of the lunar soil or regolith) material, creating what scientists are now calling a “reflectance anomaly” or an ‘ejecta halo.

Scientists at ISRO used the orbiter high resolution camera onboard the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter to study the lunar surface hours before and after the soft-landing of Vikram lander on the moon on August 23.