Chandrayaan-3: Team ISRO celebrated as the touchdown after a flawless 41-day voyage made India the fourth country to master soft-landing on the moon after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union, and the first to land on the south pole
Moon Mission Chandrayaan-3: "The final output of the mission is what rover Pragyan does there. We hope to find a lot of water on the lunar south pole. It will interest all major countries,” says Aakash Sinha, Founder and CEO of Omnipresent Robot Tech, which collaborated with ISRO
India’s ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is on track as spacecraft is now just three-day away from its final destination, the moon’s south pole. ISRO is bidding to make a successful soft landing on the moon, which will make India the 4th country in the world to achieve the feat.
This week in science was marked by notable events, including the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3 mission, the discovery of a thriving marine ecosystem within a deceased whale, China's historic launch of the world's first methane-propelled rocket, and an American company's ambitious plans to send human ashes and DNA into outer space.