In August 2023, shortly after the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft notched a flawless touchdown near the lunar south pole, an instrument onboard its lander, called ChaSTE — short for Chandra's Surface ...

Following a precise lunar orbit insertion on March 3 ... lander is equipped with a deep-digging drill and a mass spectrometer to analyze lunar soil for substances like frozen water. Additionally, it ...

Narayanan revealed that India plans to land on the Moon by 2040 with the Chandrayaan-5 mission featuring a 350 kg rover developed with ... like the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission and 131 ...

These images, taken by the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, showcase key moments from the mission, including Pragyan's attempts to imprint India's national embl... Chandrayaan-3 mission ...

Chandrayaan 3 consists of a lander, "Vikram," and a rover, "Prayan." The Vikram lander carried an experimental device capable of measuring the temperature of the lunar surface. It was able to ...

Chandrayaan-3's Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) achieved unprecedented in-situ temperature measurements at the Moon's south pole, revealing higher than expected surface ...

Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander carried the ChaSTE (Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment) probe to measure surface and subsurface temperatures. The instrument, developed by ISRO ...