Chandrayaan 3 rover Pragyan has started conducting in-situ experiments on the lunar surface. Two days after it encountered a four-metre crater and retracted the path around Chandrayaan 3 landing site named Shiv Shakti Point, the rover sent important information regarding the temperature and presence of other elements on the lunar surface.
Here’s the full list of discoveries made by Chandrayaan 3’s Pragyan Rover on the lunar surface near Shiv Shakti Point
“On August 27, 2023, the Rover came across a 4-meter diameter crater positioned 3 meters ahead of its location. The Rover was commanded to retrace the path. It’s now safely heading on a new path,” ISRO said in an update earlier.
Among the first observations from the ChaSTE payload onboard Vikram Lander are ChaSTE (Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment), which measured the temperature profile of the lunar topsoil around the pole, to understand the thermal behaviour of the moon’s surface.