Chandrayaan-3
The national anthem and the ISRO logo will be imprinted on the Moon’s regolith (lunar soil) when the Chandrayaan-3 rover rolls out on August 23 following a safelanding, leaving a mark of India on the south pole of the Moon, where no other nation has yet ventured.
The Isro logo and the national anthem are engraved on the rear wheel of the 27 kg, six-wheeled Pragyan rover. The Isro logo and the country’s flag will be inscribed along the rover’s whole 100-meter journey on the Moon’s surface as it rolls out onto the surface.
Six payloads are carried by the Chandrayaan-3 module, which consists of the propulsion, lander, and rover. These payloads will aid Isro in understanding the lunar soil and in obtaining photos of the blue planet from the lunar orbit.
After the lander is ejected, the propulsion module’s payloads have a lifespan of three to six months. On the other hand, according to Isro, the lander and rover have a mission life of either one lunar day or 14 days on Earth. The rover will roll out and conduct tests on the lunar surface after the soft landing.
According to the space agency, the rover will be equipped with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) to determine the elemental composition close to the landing location. The lander payloads, which also include RAMBHA and ILSA, would explore the Moon’s surface to learn more about its mineral makeup and research the atmosphere of the Moon.
As the Pragyan rover analyses the seismic activity on the Moon by dropping various sensors, Vikram will take pictures of it. It would attempt to melt a portion of the lunar surface using laser beams in order to observe the gases released.
