Chandrayaan-3's Shiv Shakti landing point on the Moon is as old as life on Earth
Dead for over a year, Vikram Lander, part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission is still making new discoveries. Indian scientists have discovered that Vikram's landing site also known as the Shiv Shakti Point, is as old as the dawn of life on Earth. The geological map reveals the spatial distribution of three distinct terrain types within the landing area that includes high-relief rugged terrain and smooth plains, and low-relief smooth plains. The high-relief rugged terrain has areas with hills and rough surfaces, smooth plains comprise of flat areas with fewer surface features, and low-relief smooth plains have relatively flat regions with slight variations in elevation. India's Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved a historic milestone on August 23, 2023, as it landed on the Moon's south polar region, making India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface and the first to reach the Moon's South Pole.
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