The Pragyan Rover has rolled over the surface of the moon for a distance of eight meters, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in an update on the Chandrayaan-3 mission on Friday.
“All planned Rover movements have been verified. The Rover has successfully traversed a distance of about 8 meters. Rover payloads LIBS and APXS are turned ON. All payloads on the propulsion module, lander module, and rover are performing nominally,” ISRO said in a tweet.
The payloads onboard Chandrayaan-3, the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope and the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) meant for deriving the elemental composition in the vicinity of the landing site have been updated, ISRO said adding that all the payloads, the lander and the rover are performing “nominally”.
Earlier in the day, ISRO released a video of the Pragyan rover rolling out of Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander from a two-segment ramp as well as the deployment of the ramp and solar panel prior to the rolldown of the rover. (ANI)
