The recent images were captured by orbiting at altitudes of 60-65 kilometers, providing an improved perspective of the rover and lander. Chandrayaan-3 achieved a successful landing on the lunar south pole on August 23, 2023.
New Delhi: India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made a soft-landing near the south pole of the moon, lifted off four seconds late to avoid hitting a piece
India’s historic mission to the Moon could have met a disastrous fate in the sky had scientists not been able to make a vital calculation to avoid a devastating collision, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) revealed Monday (Apr 29). It was all because of ISRO’s proactive and decisive space management that the Chandrayaan-3 mission could be saved and successfully executed as a key decision was taken even before the rocket lifted off.
Marking the 40th anniversary of the historic spaceflight of the first Indian cosmonaut, Rakesh Sharma, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11, Russian Deputy Chief of the Mission in Delhi, Roman Babushkin, has hailed India’s remarkable achievements in space exploration. He labelled India as a “space superpower” owing to its successful endeavours in space, notably the recent Chandrayaan 3 mission.