Chandrayaan-3 | ‘Smile, please!’ Pragyan’s cameras capture Vikram
The Hindu
ISRO confirms Pragyan rover captured image of Vikram lander on Moon. Rover has also made first-ever in-situ measurements of elemental composition of lunar surface, confirming presence of Sulphur. Chandrayaan-3 mission consists of lander module with Vikram and Pragyan. Pragyan has been traversing and carrying out experiments.
The Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan rover has captured an image of the Vikram lander. Pragyan’s Navigation Camera on Wednesday clicked the image of Vikram.
“Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Smile, please! Pragyan Rover clicked an image of Vikram Lander this morning. The image was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam). NavCams for the Chandrayaan-3 Mission are developed by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS),” ISRO posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Also read: The eyes and ears of Pragyan that help rover find its way on moon
Chandrayaan-3 consists of a lander module and propulsion module. The lander module consists of Vikram and Pragyaan.
Post the soft landing on the lunar surface the Pragyan rover rolled out from the Vikram lander and since then has been traversing on the Moon. Apart from taking pictures it has also been carrying out in-situ scientific experiments.
On August 29, Pragyan confirmed the presence of Sulphur (S) in the region as the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument onboard the rover made the first-ever in-situ measurements on the elemental composition of the lunar surface near the south pole.
“These in-situ measurements confirm the presence of Sulphur (S) in the region unambiguously, something that was not feasible by the instruments onboard the orbiters,” ISRO said.
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