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The Chandrayaan Odyssey

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Chandrayaan-1, launched on October 22, 2008, by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), became the first Indian spacecraft to orbit the Moon
The word ‘Chandrayaan’ has been derived from ancient Sanskrit, and means ‘Moon Craft’.
One of Chandrayaan-1's most significant discoveries was the presence of water molecules on the Moon's surface, indicating the possibility of lunar water resources.
The Moon Impact Probe, released by Chandrayaan-1, made a controlled crash landing on the Moon’s surface, making India one of the few countries to achieve a controlled impact on another celestial body.
The Chandrayaan-1 was a cuboid about the size of a refrigerator, with about 570 kilograms of dry mass, which is roughly as much as the weight of an adult camel.
  • The mass of Chandrayaan-1 in lunar orbit was 675 kg.
  • The mass of Chandrayaan-1 at launch was 1,380 kg.
Chandrayaan
Chandrayaan-2, launched on July 22, 2019, was India's second lunar exploration mission, consisting of an orbiter, lander, and rover.
The Chandrayaan-2 lander attempted a soft landing on the Moon on September 7, 2019. Unfortunately, communication with the lander was lost during the final descent, and it crash-landed.
The Chandrayaan-2 mission gained widespread attention for being led by women scientists, with Muthayya Vanitha as the project director, and Ritu Karidhal as the mission director.
The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, equipped with advanced scientific instruments, continues to orbit the Moon, studying its surface and exosphere.
India was the first country to send a rocket to explore the south pole of the Moon, at a fraction of the cost of other similar rockets.
Chandrayaan
Chandrayaan-3, with a lander named Vikram and a rover called Pragyan, is India's third lunar exploration mission, continuing the country's ambitious pursuit of space exploration.
The mission has three major objectives:
  1. Demonstrate a safe and soft landing on Moon’s highland near its south pole,
  2. Demonstrate end-to-end landing and roving capabilities; and
  3. Conduct on-site experiments on the lunar surface and demonstrate new technologies required for interplanetary missions.
The mission life for both the lander and the rover is approximately one lunar day, which is equivalent to about 14 days on Earth.
The goal is to perform experiments on and analyse the chemical constituents of soil, water, and rocks on the lunar surface.

And History Was Created On August 23, 2023, With Chandrayaan-3, India became the first country to soft land a spacecraft near the Moon's South Pole

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