Vikram and Pragyan do not need to return to earth. Both of them are on the moon. ISRO has already shared the image of Chandrayaan 3 landing site. Vikram took this picture with his camera after a soft landing at 6.04 pm on Wednesday. š·
Chandrayaan-3 landed on a relatively flat surface at the Moon's south pole. š The total weight of Chandrayaan-3 is 3,900 kg. Propulsion module weighs 2,148 kg, the lander module Vikram weighs 1,752 kg including the rover Pragyan 26 kg. š
The probes probe the chemical composition of the lunar surface. šØāš¬ Investigates lunar soil and rocks. š” It measures the density of ions, electrons, and thermal properties on the lunar surface near the polar regions. āļø As no other country has ventured to the south pole of the moon, this should be said to be the achievement of our country. š Russia's Luna-25 mission is also scheduled to land on the South Pole of the Moon. However, the Russian Luna-25 mission crashed on August 21. šø India's ISRO has successfully soft-landed Chandrayaan at the Moon's South Pole in its second attempt. š Earlier in 2019 Chandrayaan-2 mission crash landed. š„