NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured this image of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site. The spacecraft is currently positioned near the lunar south pole since a successful soft landing on August 23. The Chandrayaan-3 landing site is about 600 kilometers from the lunar south pole.
A camera attached to NASA’s orbiter acquired an oblique view (42-degree rotation) of the Vikram lander four days after it touched down. Launched on June 18, 2009, NASA’s orbiter has collected a large amount of data and made an important contribution to the lunar knowledge base
“The bright halo around the vehicle is caused by the interaction of the rocket plume with the fine-grained regolith (soil),” NASA said in a statement, attaching captured images.
On August 23, India achieved a giant leap when the Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully landed on the south pole of the moon, becoming the first country to achieve this historic feat, ending the disappointment of the forced landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander. 2. Four years ago. India has become the fourth country to successfully land on the lunar surface after the US, China and Russia.
After landing, the Vikram lander and Plagia rover performed a number of different tasks on the lunar surface, including searching for the presence of sulfur and other trace elements, recording relative temperatures and listening to surrounding movements .
Meanwhile, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover are in “sleep mode” and are expected to wake up around September 22, 2023.
In its latest update, ISRO released a 3D “relief” image from the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander at the Moon’s South Pole. Relief is the simple visualization of objects or terrain in three-dimensional space through stereoscopic or multi-view images.
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