Chandrayaan-3 : Propulsion Module Returns To Earth’s Orbit
Scientists successfully brought the Propulsion Module (PM) of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which brought the Vikram lander within 100 km of the Moon’s surface before detaching.
- This historic event involved a controlled descent to the lunar surface and a successful return to Earth orbit.
- India has launched a total of three Chandrayaan Missions i.e., Chandrayan-1, Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayan-3.
- Chandrayaan-3 was India’s third lunar mission and second attempt at achieving a soft landing on the moon’s surface.
- Launched on July 14, 2023.
- Objectives:
- To demonstrate Safe and Soft Landing on Lunar Surface
- To demonstrate Rover roving on the moon
- To conduct In-situ scientific experiments.
- It consists of an indigenous Lander module (LM), Propulsion module (PM) and a Rover with an objective of developing and demonstrating new technologies required for Interplanetary missions.
