Chandrayaan-3’s ‘Pragyan’ Rover Records Natural Event on Moon’s South Pole

The Indian Space and Research Organization said on Thursday that the Vikram lander’s Prajja rover module recorded natural events at the lunar south pole. However, detection of its origin is ongoing. ISRO said on “X” (formerly known as Twitter), “Chandrayaan-3 mission: In-situ scientific experiment instrumentation of Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) payload on Chandrayaan-3 lander – the first microelectromechanical system (MEMS) MEMS) technology-based instrument on the Moon – recorded the movement of the rover and other payloads. In addition, it recorded an event on August 26, 2023 that appeared to be a natural event. The source of the event is under investigation middle” .

Earlier on Tuesday, ISRO said in an article published on “X” that the rover had confirmed the presence of sulfur on the moon. “The Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument on the rover provided the first in situ measurements to unambiguously confirm the presence of sulfur (S) on the lunar surface near the South Pole. Al, Ca, Fe, Cr, Ti, as expected, Mn, Si and O were also detected. The search for hydrogen (H) is ongoing,” ISRO said.

On August 25, Chandrayaan-3’s rover descended from the Vikram lander to the lunar surface.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission consists of three parts: the propulsion module, which transfers the lander and the lunar rover module to the 100-kilometer lunar orbit; the landing module, which is responsible for the soft landing of the lunar spacecraft; and the lunar rover module, which is responsible for the soft landing of the lunar rover . Explore components on the moon.

On August 23, India made a giant leap when its Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully landed on the South Pole of the Moon, becoming the first country to achieve this historic feat. The country became the fourth country to successfully land on the lunar surface after the United States, China and Russia.

Meanwhile, ISRO is getting ready to launch its solar mission Adity-L1 on September 2. This is India’s first solar mission aimed at studying the sun.