Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar mission, wrote history on Wednesday night when the Vikram lander landed on the lunar surface. The Pragyan rover started out on its journey after the dust had fallen on Earth's sole satellite.
Now being launched on the Moon's surface is the Pragyan rover, which was safely housed within the Vikram lander.
The Pragyaan rover's main goal is to conduct in-situ scientific investigations on the lunar surface. By revealing the geological mysteries of the Moon, these investigations will offer priceless information on the structure and background of the body.
Following the touchdown, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover's mission will last 14 days, which is the length of time that sunlight will be seen close to the lunar South Pole. The lander and rover should run out of power after 14 days.
India entered the select group of four nations in the Moon race that has successfully landed spacecraft on the planet's satellite. More significantly, India is the first nation to have a spacecraft land near the lunar south pole.
The first photograph taken by the Landing Imager Camera following touchdown on the surface of the Moon was released by the Indian Space Research Organization.
According to Isro, the image depicts a section of the Chandrayaan-3 landing location on the moon's surface.
