Moon Missions of India

[Indx TechStyle]

The thread to document and discuss all Executed, Cancelled and Proposed Indian Moon Missions.

1. Team Indus GLXP Moon Rover.
2. Chandrayaan-1 and MIP.
3. Chandrayaan-2 and Vikram/Pragyaan
4. Chandrayaan-3 and Vikram/Pragyaan
5. Chandryaan-4 and its supporting modules.
6. Chandryaan-5, 6, Indian manned moon landing mission and so forth.

 

[Cyclops]

I really hope they use an RHU or RTG for this mission.
Will drastically increase the mission duration.

 

[SKC]

1 year has passed since Launch of Chandrayaan 3.


View: https://x.com/dhekhandelwal/status/1812334986692890636

 

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View: https://x.com/hs0726567/status/1815068677701595481?t=6j7XUgkJJVlVJo3dCHSAyg&s=19

 

[SKC]

This pic is doing rounds over Social media:


View: https://x.com/iamkrishradha/status/1814890411057369252

India has the best high resolution satellite around moon ( as OHRC on Chandrayaan-2 )

 

[VictorDelta4]

View: https://x.com/Chethan_Dash/status/1818941769934917832

 

[VictorDelta4]

View: https://x.com/this_is_tckb/status/1826303129115385951

 

[SKC]

PRL-built APXS on Pragyan Rover of Chandrayaan-3 made the First Elemental Abundance Measurements of Lunar Soil in the South Polar Region of the Moon​

Full Read: https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/APXS_CH3.pdf

 

[SKC]

Article Published in Nature:

Chandrayaan-3 APXS elemental abundance measurements at lunar high latitude

Chandrayaan-3 APXS elemental abundance measurements at lunar high latitude - Nature

In situ measurements of the elemental abundances in the lunar southern high-latitude regions show that the local terrain is fairly uniform and mostly composed of ferroan anorthosite, a product of lunar magma ocean crystallization.

www.nature.com

 

[SKC]

View: https://x.com/ydnad0/status/1826279585178411267

 

[SKC]

National Space Day Lecture: Indian Lunar Exploration Program by Prof Anil Bhardwaj, Director PRL

Live stream will start at 12:00 today:


View: https://www.youtube.com/live/2nJlQw5GJNc

 

[VictorDelta4]

View: https://x.com/ISROSpaceflight/status/1826599770170986646

 

[SKC]

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View: https://x.com/ISROSpaceflight/status/1826599770170986646

Damn, these are really breathtaking pictures.

These are infact better than the Chinese Moon mission.

 

[VictorDelta4]

Damn, these are really breathtaking pictures.

These are infact better than the Chinese Moon mission.

Found a few more and the pictures are amazing. We should save these in case the tweets are not available in the future

View: https://x.com/nssdatta/status/1826578840954736805

 

[FalconSlayers]

View: https://x.com/ABPNews/status/1826683848874197301

View: https://x.com/HTTech/status/1826588163214565709

 

[VictorDelta4]

View: https://x.com/Rethik_D/status/1826681013390770619

 

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[VictorDelta4]

View: https://x.com/ISROSpaceflight/status/1827296454475440519

 

[FalconSlayers]

An illustration regarding lunar samples returned so far compared to what Chandrayaan-4 is being planned for. If pulled off, it could return samples more than what all other agencies have achieved put together.