India's Resounding Success Has Been Spotted on the Moon's Surface by a U.S. Spacecraft...

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NASA’s LRO Observes Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site (News Release)

NASA’s LRO – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – spacecraft imaged the Chandrayaan-3 landing site on the Moon’s surface.

The ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon on August 23, 2023. The Chandrayaan-3 landing site is located about 600 kilometers from the Moon’s South Pole.

The LROC (short for LRO Camera) acquired an oblique view (42-degree slew angle) of the lander four days later. The bright halo around the vehicle resulted from the rocket plume interacting with the fine-grained regolith (soil).

Visit the ISRO gallery of Chandrayaan-3 images.

Source: NASA.Gov

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The Rover completed its assignments.

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Data from these payloads is transmitted to the Earth via the Lander.

Currently, the battery is fully charged.
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— ISRO (@isro) September 2, 2023

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— ISRO (@isro) September 4, 2023