India has become the first country in the world to successfully land a spacecraft near the Moon’s South Pole.
On Wednesday, August 23, the lunar station lander Chandrayan-3 with a lunar rover on board, he successfully landed on Earth’s satellite. This was reported by the Indian Space Research and Development Organization (ISRO).
It was noted that the landing took place in the area of the South Pole at about 6 pm Indian time (about 15:30 Kiev time). The launch took place on July 14 from the Sriharikota cosmodrome on an LVM3 medium-class rocket. The flight to the moon lasted about three weeks.
This region is considered an area of major scientific and strategic interest for space nations, as scientists believe that water ice deposits can be found in this region.
Frozen water in shadowy craters could be turned into rocket fuel or drinking water for future crewed flights.
Thus, India became the fourth country to place its equipment on Earth’s satellite after USSR, USA and China. For India itself, this is the third attempt to place its own module on the surface of the Earth’s satellite.
In the past it has been reported Chandrayan-3 The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has sent new images of the far side of the moon.
Source: korrespondent
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