{"id":257219,"date":"2023-08-24T20:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=257219"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T06:28:22","slug":"on-the-moon-over-the-moon-chandrayaan-3-signals-the-launch-of-indias-time-in-space-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-the-moon-over-the-moon-chandrayaan-3-signals-the-launch-of-indias-time-in-space-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"On the moon, over the moon \u2013 Chandrayaan-3 signals the launch of India\u2019s time in space exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on articles\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>On the moon, over the moon \u2013 Chandrayaan-3 signals the launch of India\u2019s time in space exploration<\/strong>\u201d published in The Hindu <\/strong>on\u00a024th<\/sup> August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 3 \u2013 Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>About<\/strong> Chandrayaan-3 Mission<\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>Recently, Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the moon’s surface. India has now become the fourth country ever to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon and the first to do so in the South Polar region.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the significance of this achievement?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Chandrayaan-3’s success reflects ISRO’s response to Chandrayaan-2’s failure. After the setback, ISRO modified 21 subsystems for the upgraded Chandrayaan-3 lander, featuring redundancies for backup.<\/p>\n

Chandrayaan-3’s achievement also marks a crucial moment for India, especially since it has joined the Artemis Accords<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> It could become a leader in the lunar space missions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chandrayaan-3 has showcased India’s understanding of key interplanetary spacecraft types<\/strong>: orbiters, landers, and rovers.<\/p>\n

Chandrayaan-3’s data is important because it’s the first mission to<\/strong> physically, chemically, and thermally analyze the soil, subsoil, and air near the moon\u2019s South Pole.<\/p>\n

What are upcoming space missions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The recent lunar success ends India’s second exploration phase.<\/p>\n

The third phase partners with Japan’s <\/strong>JAXA for LUPEX<\/strong><\/a>, focusing on studying water-ice at the moon’s South Pole. The mission will use the Chandrayaan-2 and -3 landing system.<\/p>\n

Chandrayaan-3’s success also boosts ISRO’s confidence for upcoming missions: electric satellites, quantum communications, human space flight, reusable launch vehicles, etc.<\/p>\n

Must Read: <\/strong>Chandrayaan-3: Small step to moon, giant leap for India\u2019s space journey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

What lies ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India’s technological advantage should drive more exploration and scientific research in space. Prioritizing research and scientific aims over engineering demands <\/strong>will lead to better outcomes.<\/p>\n

The involvement of private companies is crucial for bringing innovation<\/strong> and enhancing India’s space initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on articles\u00a0\u201cOn the moon, over the moon \u2013 Chandrayaan-3 signals the launch of India\u2019s time in space exploration\u201d published in The Hindu on\u00a024th August 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Science and Technology Relevance: About Chandrayaan-3 Mission News: Recently, Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the moon’s surface. India has now become the… Continue reading On the moon, over the moon \u2013 Chandrayaan-3 signals the launch of India\u2019s time in space exploration<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,242],"class_list":["post-257219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-science-and-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}