Weekly - Chandrayaan 3 lands on moon and more
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Chandrayaan 3 lands on the moon
Last week ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3 lander successfully landed on the moon. This is a historical moment for not just India but the entire world. This is a major achievement as this has now put India among the top 4 countries to ever land on the moon. This is also the first time a spacecraft is landing near the south pole of the moon (known for the confirmed presence of water ice). The rover (Pragyan) has also started moving on the lunar surface.
4 astronauts from different countries launched to ISS
Last week, in a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX, 4 new astronauts were launched to the International Space Station (ISS). The 4 astronauts were:
Jasmin Moghbeli from the USA,
Andreas Mogensen from Denmark,
Satoshi Furukawa from Japan, and
Konstantin Borisov from Russia
Out of these 4, Andreas Mogensen was the first Danish citizen to go to space back in 2015. He has flown many missions since and this is one of them.
ISRO prepares to launch Aditya-L1
ISRO is preparing to launch its latest Aditya-L1 solar mission this week. The mission is going to be India’s first solar observatory in space. Aditya-L1 is a spacecraft designed to orbit the sun and study its corona and atmosphere. The craft is designed to be located at a distance of 1.5 million kilometers from the Earth to the sun. This is called the Lagrange point 1. Thus the name L1. While this point is still very far away from the sun, it is enough to study it.
JAXA gears up to launch moon mission
The Japanese national space agency JAXA is gearing up to launch its latest mission to the moon. The mission’s lander called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is going to attempt to land on the moon after 4-6 months. The mission will be launched on 28 August at 9:26 a.m. JST. No particular name has been given for the mission.
