Indian lunar rover “Pragyan” confirmed the presence of sulfur and several metals near the south pole of the Moon, but did not find traces of frozen water. This was reported by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on its website.
The lunar rover’s laser-induced spectroscope detected aluminum, iron, calcium, chromium, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon on the moon’s surface. The Chandrayan-3 station is expected to conduct experiments for 14 days. The moon rover will also study the moon’s atmosphere and seismic activity, ISRO chief Shridhara Somanatha said.
On Monday, the moon rover’s route was reprogrammed as it approached a 4-meter (13-foot) wide crater.
“It is now safely on its new path”, ISRO said.
Its speed is quite slow – about 10 centimeters (4 inches) per second. This is to minimize impact and damage.
As reported by the media, on August 23, the Vikram landing module carrying the Pragyan lunar rover of the Indian interplanetary station Chandrayan-3 (Chandrayaan-3) successfully landed on the surface of the Moon. The landing was carried out at 18.02 Indian time (15.32 Moscow time) in the area of the uncharted South Pole of the Moon. India thus became the fourth country after the USSR/Russia, the United States and China to land its spacecraft on the Earth’s natural satellite.
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