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Chandrayaan-3's rover, Pragyan, has captured a new picture of the Vikram lander. This is the first image captured by Pragyan's Navigation camera on Wednesday.
The Indian space agency, ISRO, has shared the two pictures that the rover took while it is been conducting experiments on the Moon's surface since it landed on August 23.
The photo was taken by the Rover's Navigation Camera, called NavCam.
Sharing the picture on X, ISRO wrote, "Smile, please📸! Pragyan Rover clicked an image of Vikram Lander this morning. The 'image of the mission' was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam). NavCams for the Chandrayaan-3 Mission are developed by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS).”
Two photos were shared in a single frame to showcase the Instruments for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) on the Vikram lander, and another featuring ChaSTE – 'Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment' demonstrating its position clearly on the lunar surface.
Last week, a significant achievement took place when Chandrayaan-3's lander, Vikram, softly landed on the Moon's surface.
This made India the fourth country to do so and the first to land on the unexplored southern region of the Moon.
The Navigation Camera, or NavCam, was created by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS).
This laboratory is located in Peenya Industrial Estate, Bengaluru. Interestingly, this is the same place where India's first satellite was built in 1975. LEOS is an essential part of ISRO. They focus on making Attitude Sensors for missions in low Earth orbit (LEO), geostationary orbit (GEO), and even interplanetary journeys.
