Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan Rover Reached Huge Crater On Aug 27, Is Now Back On Safe Path: ISRO

Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan rover reached an enormous crater with a diameter of 4 metres on August 27, 2023. This crater was three metres forward of Pragyan’s earlier location. After a command to retrace its path, Pragyan is now heading safely on a brand new path, the Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) stated in a mission replace on August 28.

The Pragyan rover rolled out of the Vikram lander on August 23, about 4 hours after Chandrayaan-3 made a historic landing on the lunar south pole. Chandrayaan-3 softly landed on the Moon’s south pole on August 23, at 6:02 pm IST, making India the primary nation to softly land a spacecraft on the lunar south pole.

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:

On August 27, 2023, the Rover got here throughout a 4-meter diameter crater positioned 3 meters forward of its location. The Rover was commanded to retrace the trail.

It is now safely heading on a brand new path.#Chandrayaan_3#Ch3 pic.twitter.com/QfOmqDYvSF

— ISRO (@isro) August 28, 2023

The Navigation Digital camera onboard the Pragyan rover has captured a picture of the four-metre crater on the Moon.

The digital camera has additionally captured a picture of the trail retraced by the Pragyan rover on August 27.