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India’s Moon Mission Makes Unprecedented Measurements at the Lunar South Pole
It’s been less than a week since India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission became the first to touch down on the Moon’s south pole, and its lander is wasting no time collecting valuable data from the unexplored region. Using a temperature probe on board the Vikram lander, Chandrayaan-3 measured the temperature profile of the lunar soil in the…
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India’s Moon Mission Enters Lunar Orbit Ahead of Historic Landing Attempt
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission is getting closer to the Moon, gradually reducing its altitude above the celestial body’s cratered surface after entering lunar orbit. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that its third mission to the Moon entered lunar orbit on Saturday after firing its propulsion system to guide it towards an elliptical path around…
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 Lander Successfully Launches on Mission to Moon’s South Pole
India’s LVM3 rocket blasted off from Sriharikota at 2:35 p.m. local time on Friday, sending the lander on a trajectory that will take it to the Moon. Original article continues below. India’s third mission to the Moon is all set for liftoff, carrying the country’s hopes of safely landing on the lunar surface nearly four…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds a Doughnut on Mars
While roaming the Martian terrain, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted an odd-shaped rock that may have travelled its way from space to land on the Red Planet. Using its SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager, the Perseverance rover snapped a series of images on Friday that revealed a doughnut-shaped rock laying on the surface of Mars. The large rock…