Индия лунен Lander Викрам (с роувър Прагян) of Чандраян-3 mission has safely soft landed at high latitude лунен surface on south pole along with respective payloads. This is first лунен mission to land on high latitude лунен south pole where presence of water/ice is confirmed.
Chandrayaan-2 mission had earlier failed to achieve лунен soft landing when its lander had crash landed on лунен surface on 6th September 2019 due to technical snag.
With successful technology demonstration of лунен soft-landing capability, ISRO moon exploration mission has achieved an important milestone towards its future междупланетна missions. India has thus become fourth country in the world (after USA, former USSR and China) to have “лунен soft landing” capability.
Recently, Russian лунен lander mission Luna-25 attempted soft landing on moon’s south pole on 19th August 2023 but unfortunately crash landed and failed. However, Russian authorities announced to remain in лунен race. Russian лунен programme had a long pause. Their last successful лунен mission was in 1976 when Luna 24 of Soviet Union had successfully returned лунен samples to the Earth.
After a long pause since Appolo 17 mission in 1972, USA’s НАСА is to embark on its ambitious Artemis Moon Mission designed to establish human presence on moon towards the objective of deep пространство human habitations on март.
Both USA and Russia (as successor of USSR) are long established players in пространство technology. Their highly successful lunar missions achieved key milestones over half a century ago and have remained shelved since mid-seventies until recently.
Китай и Индия са сравнително нови участници (в сравнение със САЩ и Русия). Китайската лунна програма започна през 2007 г. с изстрелването на Chang'e 1. Тяхната лунна мисия Chang'e 3 демонстрира способност за меко кацане през 2013 г. Последната лунна мисия на Китай Chang'e 5 постигна възможност за връщане на проби през 2020 г. В момента Китай е в процес за изстрелване на лунна мисия с екипаж. От друга страна, лунната програма на Индия започна през 2008 г. с мисията Chandrayaan 1. След пауза от 11 години Chandrayaan 2 беше изстрелян през 2019 г., но тази мисия не можа да постигне способност за меко кацане на Луната.
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