The rover detected several other elements near the lunar south pole less than a week after its historic landing. The robot is also looking for signs of frozen water that could help future manned missions. India’s lunar rover confirmed the presence of sulfur and detected several other elements near the lunar south pole, less than a week after its historic moon landing, the agency said. from India this Tuesday (29/08). The Indian rover’s laser-induced spectroscopy instrument also detected aluminum, iron, calcium, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon on the lunar surface, according to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), in a post on your site. The lunar rover rolled down a ramp on the Indian space module Chandrayan-3, after last Wednesday’s landing near the moon’s south pole. cruise around the still relatively uncharted South Pole, transmitting images and scientific data during its two-week lifespan. The rover “unequivocally confirms the presence of sulphur”, declared ISRO. The robot also looks for signs of frozen water that could help future astronaut missions, as a potential source of drinking water or rocket fuel. The rover will also study the moon’s atmosphere and seismic activity. On Monday, the rover’s course was reprogrammed as it approached a crater four meters wide. “Now it is safely going down a new path,” the organization said. The rover moves at just about four inches per second, to minimize any bumps and damage on the Moon’s rough terrain. Historic Mission At a fraction of the cost, India has consistently matched the achievements of other space programs, despite suffered some setbacks. After a failed attempt to land on the moon in 2019, India has now joined the United States, Soviet Union and China as the fourth country to reach that milestone. The success of the mission confirms India’s advancement as a technology and technological and space power, fitting the image that the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, seeks to project with this project: a rising country asserting its place among the global elite. The mission began more than a month ago, at an estimated cost of US$75 million. The landing of the Indian lunar module near the moon’s south pole came just days after Russia’s Luna-25 crashed into the lunar surface while heading for the same region. This would have been the first Russian lunar mission to land on the satellite after a 47-year gap. The head of the state space agency Roscosmos attributed the failure to a lack of experience, due to the long lull in lunar research that followed the last Soviet mission to the Moon in 1976. Active since the 1960s, India has launched satellites of its own and for other countries , in addition to placing one in Mars orbit in 2014. India is planning its first mission to the International Space Station in 2024, in collaboration with the United States. md/av (AP, EFE, AFP)
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