India's Moon Exploration Program

[TopWatcher]

ISRO becoming master in transferring the orbits without heavy rocket.

 

[SKC]

Seems sample return experiment.

Its propulsion module not the rover or lander!

 

[TopWatcher]

Its propulsion module not the rover or lander!

Pata hai bhai.

 

[lcafanboy]

Holy shit, is this True. If yes then it's a huge achievement and ISRO has now arrived and quite in style....

 

[TopWatcher]

Isro brings back Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module to Earth Orbit, shows off tech to return from Moon - Times of India

Science News: ISRO successfully returns the Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module (PM) to Earth's orbit after surpassing lunar mission objectives. The mission aimed to sh

m.timesofindia.com

 

[NutCracker]

Holy shit, is this True. If yes then it's a huge achievement and ISRO has now arrived and quite in style....

If module is shielded and they got enough fuel, ISRO can even try for soft/crash landing in ocean.

 

[Swesh]

If module is shielded and they got enough fuel, ISRO can even try for soft/crash landing in ocean.

No chance it doesn't have enough fuel

 

[Blademaster]

No chance it doesn't have enough fuel

If it gets caught in the gravity well you don’t need fuel. You just need to steer the fall .

 

[Hindu Nationalist]

 

[FalconSlayers]

 

[TopWatcher]

Chandrayaan 4: Isro gears up to bring Lunar samples; Key docking experiment in 2024 | India News - Times of India

India News: Isro's successful propulsion module (PM) experiment for Chandrayaan-3 has boosted plans for Chandrayaan-4, which aims to bring back Moon samples. Isro

m.timesofindia.com

 

[Swesh]

Building upon the success of Chandrayaan-3, future Chandrayaan missions are undergoing feasibility studies, which shall be put up for Government approval at an appropriate stage. As of now, future Chandrayaan Missions are undergoing the overall mission architecture design phase, wherein studies are being done towards finalizing the system configuration, flight profile, identification of critical technologies, required infrastructure, etc.

 

[Jagattunga Govinda III]

How Japan’s moon-landing attempt in January will affect Chandrayaan 4

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s SLIM spacecraft will attempt to soft-land with pinpoint precision on the moon on January 19, potentially affecting India's Chandrayaan 4 mission, which will be a joint India-Japan enterprise.

www.thehindu.com

 

[FalconSlayers]

 

[TopWatcher]

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ISRO should go now for mars landing first then cy4.

 

[DumbPilot]

If module is shielded and they got enough fuel, ISRO can even try for soft/crash landing in ocean.

It will most likely burn up in the atmosphere before reaching the ground/ocean. To my knowledge PM does not have any heat shielding and is not made to withstand the heat generated during reentry

 

[FalconSlayers]

 

[Automatic Kalashnikov]

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened

Slim spacecraft landed on the moon and is communicating with earth but is not generating electricity

www.theguardian.com

not sure where to post this

 

[FalconSlayers]

Congratulations JAXA and Japan for becoming the 5th country to land on the lunar surface

 

[TopWatcher]

Congratulations JAXA and Japan for becoming the 5th country to land on the lunar surface

Solar panel not working. Will be dead in few hours.