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[22] [26] With new mission timeline for Chandrayaan-2 and an opportunity for a Mars mission arising with launch window in 2013, unused Chandrayaan-2 orbiter hardware was repurposed to be used for the Mars Orbiter Mission. [27] Chandrayaan-2 launch had been scheduled for March 2018 initially, but was first delayed to April and then to October ...
The Chandrayaan programme (/ ˌ tʃ ʌ n d r ə ˈ j ɑː n / CHUN-drə-YAHN) (Sanskrit: Candra 'Moon', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle', pronunciation ⓘ) [4] [5] also known as the Indian Lunar Exploration Programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the exploration of the Moon.
The rover was launched as part of Chandrayaan-2 on 22 July 2019 and was destroyed with its lander, Vikram, when it crashed on the Moon on 6 September 2019. [2] [7] In July 2023, Chandrayaan-3 launched, carrying new versions of Vikram and Pragyan, [8] which successfully landed near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023. [9]
The agency eventually launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission in 2023, becoming the first country to land on the rugged, unexplored south pole of the moon. (Reporting by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and ...
It will also come in handy in Chandrayaan-4 - India's next mission to the Moon which will aim to collect and bring back lunar soil samples, she adds. Follow BBC News India on Instagram , YouTube ...
The latest country that failed in its attempts to land on the ... It was during this final phase that India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission tumbled and crashed onto the ... In Other News. Entertainment.
This is a list of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) missions. ISRO has carried out 125 spacecraft missions, 92 launch missions [1] and planned several missions including [2] the Gaganyaan (crewed/robotic) and Interplanetary mission such as Lunar Polar Exploration Mission, Chandrayaan-4, Shukrayaan and Mangalyaan-2 (Mars Lander Mission).
BENGALURU (Reuters) -An Indian spacecraft became the first to land on the rugged, unexplored south pole of the moon on Wednesday in a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and India's ...