ISRO’s Pragyan Rover Reveals New Images of Vikram Lander
ISRO Reveals Latest Vikram Lander Images from Pragyan Rover’s Navigation Camera New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has unveiled a fresh series of images captured by the Pragyan rover’s navigation camera, showcasing the Vikram lander. These images were taken at 11 am when the rover had traversed approximately 15 meters.
Shared on X, previously known as Twitter, ISRO posted these images along with the caption, “Beyond Borders, Across Moonscapes: India’s Majesty knows no bounds! Once more, co-traveller Pragyan captures Vikram in a Snap! This iconic snap was taken today around 11 am IST from about 15 m.”
The data collected from the Navigation Cameras (NavCams) undergoes processing at ISRO’s Space Applications Centre located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
The Pragyan rover is equipped with two navigation cameras in its front section. These cameras, developed by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS), are renowned for being among the finest cameras ever deployed on the lunar surface.
Earlier today, the Pragyan rover shared a significant milestone by capturing an image of the lander Vikram using its Navigation camera. This marked the first image taken by the rover since its landing on the moon. ISRO hailed this achievement as the “image of the mission” on Twitter.
These newly released photos follow closely after the rover’s discovery of sulphur near the Moon’s South Pole. The robot’s capabilities extended to detecting various elements like aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon, and oxygen, as announced by ISRO yesterday.
With Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander successfully touching down on the lunar surface, India became the fourth nation to achieve this feat and the first to accomplish a landing on the south pole.