{"id":360136,"date":"2023-08-24T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/24\/chose-south-pole-because-isro-chief-on-chandrayaan-3s-prime-objectives\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:42:00","slug":"chose-south-pole-because-isro-chief-on-chandrayaan-3s-prime-objectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/24\/chose-south-pole-because-isro-chief-on-chandrayaan-3s-prime-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Chose South Pole Because&#8230;&#8221;: ISRO Chief On Chandrayaan-3&#8217;s Prime Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/lud6t73o_s-somanath-isro-chief_625x300_24_August_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"ISRO Chief Explains Why Everything Had To Be Done Fresh For Chandrayaan-3\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"ISRO Chief Explains Why Everything Had To Be Done Fresh For Chandrayaan-3\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"ISRO Chief Explains Why Everything Had To Be Done Fresh For Chandrayaan-3\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/lud6t73o_s-somanath-isro-chief_625x300_24_August_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-08-24T13:32:16+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=719645&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/24082023_n_ISROChief_117641_68968_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T4M54S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/lud6t73o_s-somanath-isro-chief_625x300_24_August_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=719645&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Chandrayaan 3: ISRO chief S Somanath spoke on various aspects of the mission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Bengaluru: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Chandrayaan-3 overcame several odds ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/chandrayaan-3-chandrayaan-3-updates-pragyan-rover-vikram-lander-pragyan-at-work-vikram-keeps-watch-busy-day-for-chandrayaan-3-duo-4324431\">successful soft landing on the surface of the moon<\/a> last evening, catapulting India into the elite space club. India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/chandrayaan-3-moon-photos-first-pics-of-moon-taken-by-chandrayaan-3-lander-during-its-descent-4323184\">moon&#8217;s south pole<\/a> after Russia&#8217;s attempt at a lunar touchdown in the same area ended in failure following an engine malfunction<\/p>\n<p>This was India&#8217;s third attempt at landing a spacecraft on the lunar surface. The last one, Chandrayaan-2, was listed as a partial failure after its lander crashed on the Moon in September 2019.<\/p>\n<p>ISRO Chief S Somanath says that since Chandrayaan-2 made a hard landing, they could not recover anything and had to do everything fresh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything had to be done fresh for this mission. From Chandrayaan-2, we could not recover anything from the moon,&#8221; S Somanath told NDTV in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first year was spent figuring out what went wrong with Chandrayaan-2, the next year we revised everything. The last 2 years we conducted tests,&#8221; he adds.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the space research organisation was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Covid upset some of our programmes. But we were still launching some rockets. Post-Covid, we are back on track,&#8221; says Mr Somanath.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/how-chandrayaan-3-success-can-offer-huge-economic-benefits-to-india-4324727\">Chandrayaan-3&#8217;s accomplishment<\/a> is special as no other spacecraft has been able to achieve a soft landing near the moon&#8217;s South Pole. The south pole &#8211; far from the equatorial region targeted by previous missions, including the crewed Apollo landings &#8211; is full of craters and deep trenches.<\/p>\n<p>The findings from the Chandrayaan-3 mission could advance and expand knowledge of lunar water ice, potentially one of the moon&#8217;s most valuable resources.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next 14 days, the six-wheeled rover will carry out experiments on the surface of the moon. Both the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover have a mission life of 1 lunar day, equal to 14 days on Earth. The lander module is carrying five payloads for specific tasks on the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Entire instrumentation of Chandrayaan-3 is for landing on the south pole or near the south pole. But there are a huge amount of scientific possibilities on the South Pole. They are related to the presence of water and minerals on the moon,&#8221; Mr Somanath tells NDTV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are many other physical processes that scientists would want to be investigated. Five of our instruments are targetted towards exploring those areas,&#8221; he adds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/chandrayaan-mission-isro-chief-chose-south-pole-because-isro-chief-on-chandrayaan-3-prime-objectives-4324963\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Chandrayaan 3: ISRO chief S Somanath spoke on various aspects of the mission Bengaluru: The Chandrayaan-3 overcame several odds ahead of a successful soft landing on the surface of the moon last evening, catapulting India into the elite space club. 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