India created history with Chandrayaan-3‘s successful soft landing on the Moon at 6:04 pm on August 23. Meanwhile, many are questioning what made ISRO choose the Vikram Lander to land on the Moon’s South Pole.
Chandrayaan-3 Successfully Landed On Surface Of Moon
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S. Somanath on why the space agency chose the South Pole of the Moon for Chandrayaan-3’s landing; says, “We have gone closer to the South Pole which is 70 degrees almost. The South Pole has a specific advantage with respect to being less illuminated by the Sun. There is a potential because of to have more scientific content… Scientists who are working on the Moon showed a lot of interest in the South Pole because ultimately human beings want to go and create colonies and then travel beyond. So the best place is something we are looking for & the South Pole has the potential to be that…”
“Aditya mission to the Sun & it is getting ready for launch in September. Gaganyaan is still a work in progress. We will do a mission possibly by the end of September or October to demonstrate the crew module & crew escape capability which will be followed by many test missions until we do the first manned mission possibly by 2025,” the ISRO chief said while speaking on Aditya-L1 and Gaganyaan mission.
Pragyan rover has rolled out from Vikram Lander, said ISRO on August 24. The space agency asserted India took a walk on the Moon moments after the rover touched the surface of the Moon’s South Pole.
