New Delhi: The countdown has begun for the launch of India’s coveted moon mission Chandrayaan-3. Union Minister of State for Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said today that the launch will most likely be in the second half of July “if things go as planned”.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its ambitious Chandrayaan-3 Mission which is aimed at demonstrating critical technology to land the Spacecraft on the South Pole of the Moon.
Earlier this year Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft successfully completed the essential tests that validated its capability to withstand the harsh environment that the Spacecraft would be facing during its launch and the subsequent journey.
Dr Singh mentioned that India’s earlier lunar mission, Chandrayan -1 had earned India a place of pride and supremacy in the world arena by identifying for the first time ever, the presence of water on the surface of the moon. This input was noted with great significance even by the world’s premier Space agencies like the USA’s NASA, he said.
Pertinent to mention that Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2. Living up to the theme of “Science of the Moon”, the scientific instruments on the lander and the rover in the Chandrayaan would be capable of studying the various aspects of the Moon including the Lunar environment and thermo-physio properties. But at the same time, another experimental instrument incorporated in Chandrayaan-3 Mission could be capable of studying different aspects of the Earth as well, thus prompting the simultaneous theme of “Science from the Moon”.
– global bihari bureau
