As Chandrayaan 3 is gearing up for a soft landing on the south pole of the moon on Wednesday, a former advisor to Indian Space Research Organisation has said that the lander can handle ‘rough landing too’. Dr. Surendra Pal, former senior advisor for Satellite Navigation programme at ISRO, said,"The lander has the capability to hover like a helicopter if …
LONDON — The head of Russia’s space agency said Monday that the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly, and he blamed the country’s decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap. Roscosmos Director General Yury Borisov said the spacecraft’s engines were turned on over the weekend to put Luna-25 into a “pre-landing …
Chandrayaan-3 Highlights: The Indian Space Research Organisation has shared new updates on its historic mission Chandrayaan-3 as the spacecraft inches closer to the Moon gradually. The Russian spacecraft is expected to land on the south pole of the moon on August 21 - two days ahead of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 landing on August 23. Chandrayaan-3 LIVE: Chandrayaan-3 mission is important because …
