YOGYAKARTA - India has just made world history by landing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon. India became the first country to successfully land a spacecraft at the Moon's south pole. As one of the historical phenomena, the world community needs to know India's Chandrayaan-3.
Chandrayaan-3 became India's first spacecraft to land on the moon. Previously, a smooth landing mission on the new moon was successfully carried out by the United States (US), China, and the former Soviet Union (Russia). Even the Indian spacecraft became the first in the world to reach the south pole of the moon.
"Chandrayaan-3 has successfully landed smoothly on the Moon!" write the ISRO official account, India's Space Research Organization.
Chandrayaan-3 reportedly landed at 08.33 am ET (1233 GMT or 18.03 Indian Standard Time) according to schedule and space travel went smoothly. So what is India's Chandrayan-3 spacecraft like and how is the launch process?
Chandrayaan-3 is an Indian-owned spacecraft launched on July 14, 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India. The word 'Chandrayan' comes from Sanskrit which means'month vehicle'.
Chandrayaan-3 is India's third space mission to be launched to the Moon. The first mission was carried out in 2008 by flying Chandrayaan-1. While the second effort was carried out with Chandrayaan-2 in 2019.
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is produced with the aim of soft landing on the lunar surface. This spacecraft weighs 3,900 kg, with a value of 6.1 billion rupees. The landing from Chandrayaan is called
In this spacecraft, there is a 26 kg rover named Pragyaan. Pragyaan said it came from Sanskrit which means 'wise'. This rover will launch from the lander Where the language has the meaning of 'chaughty'.
Rover Pragyan, engraved with the symbol Chakra Ashoka, will carry out an operational mission on the Moon's surface to analyze the soil, as well as the rocks on the Moon. With the rover, the potential for water will be studied on the moon. Because the south pole of the Moon, which is Chandrayaan-3 landing site, is expected to store a large amount of water ice on the Moon.
The Chadrayaan-3 spacecraft took off from the center of the Sriharikota space, India, on Friday at 14:35 (09.05 GMT). The spacecraft of the rover type This month is scheduled to arrive on the Moon on 23-24 August 2023. Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed at the Moon's south pole area on Wednesday (24/8) at an altitude of 70 degrees.
Chandrayaan-3 was successfully landed gently or soft landing on the surface of the Moon. The landing is carried out at a gentle and controlled speed so as not to cause damage to the spacecraft or lander it carries.
The Indian Space Agency said that soft landing is important to demonstrate smooth and safe landings. Thus the rover can explore and tour the Moon for scientific experiments.
Such is the review of knowing India's Chandrayaan-3, which became the first spacecraft to reach the Moon's south pole smoothly. NASA also has plans to fly and land astronauts near the Moon's south pole in 2025 or 2026 on the Artemis mission.
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