Unlocking Lunar Mysteries: Chandrayaan 3’s Journey to Explore the Moon’s Secrets
After Chandrayaan 3 was launched, it did some series of maneuvers space on August 9, 14, and 16. Now, it’s really close to where it wants to go, because its path around the Moon has become much smaller, about 100 km up and down. The chief of ISRO announced that on August 23, 2023, at 5:47 pm, Chandrayaan 3 will gently touch down on the Moon.
This Chandrayaan 3 spaceship is made up of two parts: a lander and a rover. It’s a special thing because it’s made by people from India and will teach us how to go to other planets. The lander will softly land on the Moon and put out the rover. The rover’s job is to look closely at the Moon’s surface and see what it’s made of.
The lander has two important tools on it. One of them, called ChaSTE(Chandra’s Surface Thermo Physical Experiment), will check how hot or cold the Moon’s surface is. Another tool named RAMBHA-LP will check how much stuff is in the air around the Moon. The rover also has three tools of its own. One of them, called APXS (Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer), will help figure out what the Moon’s rocks are like. Another tool, called LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope), will use a special kind of light to find out what the Moon’s rocks and dirt are made of. Then there’s SHAPE (Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth), which will look at the light that comes from Earth in a special way.
The trickiest part of this whole adventure is making sure the lander lands softly on the Moon. If it lands softly, then the rest of the plan can happen. If everything goes well, India will become the fourth country to do this amazing soft landing on the Moon.
But this isn’t easy at all. The lander has to go down straight, like standing up, when it leaves the big part of the Chandrayaan 3 spaceship. The people at ISRO have to be really good at math to make sure the lander goes the right distance and uses just the right amount of fuel.
So, a lot of things need to work perfectly. The Chandrayaan 3 lander has to land just right, and the tools on the lander and rover have to do their jobs well. This mission is like a big puzzle, and everyone at ISRO is working hard to solve it. If they do, we’ll learn exciting new things about the Moon and how to explore other planets in the future.
