Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:15am on 07 Dec 2023,Thursday Science
India's space agency ISRO successfully maneuvered back to the Earth's orbit the propulsion module (a part of the rocket) that earlier carried the historic Chandrayaan-3 Moon lander. After the module detached post-landing, ISRO conducted complex operations enabling its re-entry after a month of orbiting the Moon. The experiment holds significance for planned future manned missions' return journeys. The module continues overhead monitoring through an instrument providing lunar data. When India touched down as the first nation on the relatively unexplored Moon's south pole on August 23, the lander and rover gathered images for two weeks before entering sleep mode. With ample leftover fuel post-landing, ISRO utilized the module further for unique experiments aiding upcoming Moon flights.
