We have touchdown...AGAIN! 🌘
Yesterday the Vikram Lander fired up its thrusters once again to perform a little hop on the Lunar surface, becoming only the 2nd spacecraft to ever do so! 🥈
It lifted off, got to an altitude of only 40 cm and then landed again 30-40 cm away.
To safely perform this hop, the ChaSTE and ILSA instruments as well as the ramps had to be retracted and have been successfully redeployed after landing.
The reason for this hop was to test out aspects of future sample return missions and crewed missions to the Moon by ISRO!!
#Chandrayaan3 #ISRO
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
🇮🇳Vikram soft-landed on 🌖, again!
Vikram Lander exceeded its mission objectives. It successfully underwent a hop experiment.
On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30 – 40 cm away.
Importance?: This 'kick-start' enthuses future sample return and human missions!
All systems performed nominally and are healthy. Deployed Ramp, ChaSTE and ILSA were folded back and redeployed successfully after the experiment.
#Chandrayaan_3
#Ch3
As the sun sets today, in India, I will be looking up to the moon, with eyes filled with pride and glee.
What a time to be alive, healthy and accessible to this live stream.
#Chandrayaan3@isro@narendramodi
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