INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BENGALURU: The Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan, whose rear wheels are embossed with the Indian national emblem and the Isro logo on the lunar
lunar soil in the south pole region
New information about the soil in the south pole region, which is a target for multiple future missions as it holds the potential of
discovery of water, could prove critical for missions envisaging lunar habitation and sustained human presence
Read AlsoChandrayaan-3: No signal from Vikram - Pragyan yet, can wait entire lunar day (14 Earth days), says Isro chiefThe Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) has not received any signal from the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover, Vikram and Pragyan, since their landing on
However, there is still hope that they may wake up during the 14-day lunar day period
Organisation (ISRO) has not received any signals from the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover, Vikram and Pragyan, as of Friday evening
Efforts to establish communication with them will continue
The team is still hopeful that the devices will wake up, but certain conditionsIsro chairman S Somanath told TOI in an exclusive
The lunar soil is not acting dusty, but is lumpy
imprint was done on lunar soil simulant (LSS) created by Isro Satellite Integration and Test Establishment (Isite), where it left clear
TOI had indicated in a story last week that Isro was expected to learn new things about the lunar soil
of the vicinity of the landing site and rover movement site show grooves of the rover are about a centimetre, the lander legs going inside,
We can wait the entire lunar day (14 Earth days) as there will be continuous sunlight throughout that period, which means temperature will
As long as the temperature is increasing there are chances of systems inside getting warmed up
Because, any consistency of location will not give a true representation of the terrain
He said even the Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive ionosphere and Atmosphere would benefit from probing the Moon from a different
location and so far as other payloads go, the advantage would be getting data from a different time.Instruments on Pragyan have already done
experiments from multiple locations, but more locations will always be good.WatchBengaluru: No clear national emblem, ISRO logo imprints
hint at 'lumpy' lunar soil
