It is known that Chandrayaan-3 launched by indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was a super success. As planned, the lander landed on august 23. From there, the rover set foot on the south pole of the moon. The rover has already started its work. As part of this, the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument on the lunar rover detected the presence of Sulphur (S) in abundance on the lunar surface at the south pole.
It also confirmed that there are plenty of traces of oxygen on the moon. Similarly, other minerals such as chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe) have also been revealed. The rover is still searching for hydrogen. Pragyan rover will probe the lunar surface for 14 days. As part of this, seven days have already been completed. Only seven more days are left. isro regularly releases the rover analysis.
It is also sharing pictures taken by the rover there. In this background, the rover took photos of the vikram Lander for the first time. The images were taken by the rover's navigation camera at 7.35 am on Wednesday, august 30. isro has tweeted to this effect. They jokingly wrote that it took a picture of the Rover Lander saying 'Smile Please'. Rover took pictures of vikram Lander this morning.
These photos were taken by the navigation cameras installed in the rover," isro said in its tweet. It said that the cameras used in the rover were manufactured at the Electro-Optics Systems Lab in Bangalore. To this extent, when isro shared the photo taken of the rover, lander, it became viral. netizens on social media are raving about it with likes and shares.
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