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Rover Pragyan Travels 8 Meters On Moon: Know Details Here

Isro announced on Friday that Pragyan had travelled 8 metres across the lunar surface and that all of its payloads were operational.

Since it rolled out of the lander Vikram, the Pragyan Rover has travelled 8 metres across the lunar surface. Isro confirmed all scheduled rover movements have been validated and Pragyan’s payloads which will carry out the experiments are turned on. All payloads on the propulsion module, lander module, and rover are performing normally. All eyes are now focused on the results of the mission that Pragyan will carry out after India achieved the milestone of a gentle landing on the south pole of the moon.

26 mechanisms behind Pragyan rolling out of Chandrayaan 3

In a recently released video, Isro revealed the mechanics that allowed rover Pragyan to roll out of the Vikram lander shortly after Chandrayaan 3 soft-landed on the south pole of the moon on August 23. Pragyan is currently walking on the lunar surface after emerging from the Vikram lander. Pragyan rover’s flawless roll down was made possible by 26 deployment mechanisms that were all created at Isro’s Bengaluru headquarters. One of the most important of them was a solar panel that powered Pragyan prior to its deployment. “A two-segment ramp made it easier to roll the rover down. The rover could generate power thanks to a solar panel, according to a recent tweet from Isro.

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Isro posted a video of the Pragyan rover leaving Chandrayaan 3 early in the day. The footage clearly shows the Indian National Flag.

Pragyan now has 14 earth days, or one lunar day, starting on August 23 to conduct research on the lunar surface.
Isro, though, is optimistic that the lander and rover will restart when the sun rises on the moon once more.

India became the first nation to soft land on the south pole of the moon, so this is the first time that information about it will be made public. The south pole was picked for the mission because it has some advantages because it is less lighted by the sun, according to Isro Chief S Somnath. “Scientists working on the moon showed a lot of interest in the south pole because ultimately humans want to go & create colonies and then travel beyond,” a scientist working on the moon said of the possibility of human colonisation. Consequently, we are searching for the finest location, and the South Pole may be it.

Srushti Sharma

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