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Chandrayaan, series of Indian lunar space probes. Chandrayaan is Hindi for ‘moon craft.’ Chandrayaan-1, the first lunar space probe of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), found water on the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 was ISRO’s first lunar lander.
Dr Vikram Sarabhai, founder of India’s space programme, while justifying the need for a space programme in a developing nation, famously stated, “We do
India News: Two days after Vikram’s (the Chandrayaan-3 lander) historic Moon landing, Isro released the first images of Pragyan the rover. The video released by
India's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has transmitted a total of 65 terabytes (TB) of data since its launch in 2019. The data is expected to increase as the payloads aboard the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover from the Chandrayaan-3 mission become fully operational. The orbiter has 15 scientific instruments, with eight housed within it, which have been studying the Moon, the Sun, and Earth.
The Pragyaan rover of Chandrayaan-3 started its exploration on the Moon's surface. With payloads, cameras, spectrometers and more, the lander and rover will study the Moon's surface. But only for 14 days. Here's why and what happens after.