India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, a significant milestone in lunar exploration, has achieved another remarkable feat. The Pragyan rover, part of the mission, has successfully traversed 100 metres on the Moon's surface. The Chandrayaan 3 mission is approaching the conclusion of its planned exploration period, which spans one lunar day equivalent to 14 Earth days. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now preparing to initiate a "sleep mode" operation for the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover as the lunar night approaches, during which temperatures are expected to plummet below -200 degrees Celsius.
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00:00 India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, a significant milestone in lunar exploration, has achieved
00:13 another remarkable feat.
00:15 The Pragyan River part of the mission has successfully traversed 100 metres on the moon's
00:19 surface.
00:20 The Chandrayaan-3 mission is approaching the conclusion of its planned exploration period,
00:25 which spans one lunar day, equivalent to 14 Earth days.
00:29 The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, is now preparing to initiate a sleep mode
00:33 operation for the Vikram Lander and Pragyan rover as the lunar night approaches, during
00:38 which temperatures are expected to plummet below -200 degrees Celsius.
00:43 S Somnath, the chief of the Indian Space Agency, said that the Pragyan rover and Vikram Lander
00:47 are still functional.
00:48 ISRO scientists are commencing the process of placing both of them into sleep mode in
00:52 the next one to two days as a need to tolerate the lunar night.
00:56 He further mentioned that the rover has covered a distance of approximately 100 metres from
01:00 the lander.
01:01 ISRO shared a picture of the path taken by the Pragyan rover as part of the lunar exploration
01:05 mission.
01:06 It shows the total traversed distance as 101.4 metres.
01:10 ISRO has been sharing data from in-situ scientific experiments conducted by the Chandrayaan-3
01:14 mission.
01:15 Recently, the Indian Space Agency said that a lunar seismic activity payload recorded
01:19 an event appearing to be a natural one, adding that the source of this event is under investigation.
01:24 Earlier, it was reported that the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectroscope has successfully identified
01:29 sulphur along with other minor elements on the lunar terrain.
01:32 The laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument on board the rover has already substantiated
01:37 the presence of sulphur, adding to the growing body of knowledge about lunar composition
01:42 and characteristics.
01:43 Meanwhile, the Aditya L1, India's first space-based mission to study the sun, lifted
01:48 off on Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in
01:54 Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
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