CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Chandrayaan-2 is an Indian mission to send an orbiter, lander, and rover to the Moon. The three vehicles launched as one combined spacecraft in July 2019 to lunar orbit, and the lander, carrying the rover, attempted but failed to touch down in the Moon’s southern hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-2: -On August 20, 2019, Chandrayaan-2 was successfully inserted into lunar orbit.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Chandrayaan-2 mission consisted of three main modules: Vikram lander (named after Vikram Sarabhai, the late father of India’s space program) Lunar rover named Pragyan. All of the above parts were developed in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The primary objectives of the Chandrayaan-2 lander were to demonstrate the ability to soft-land and operate a robotic rover on the lunar surface. The scientific goals of the orbiter are: to study lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, the lunar exosphere, and signatures of hydroxyl and water ice.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chandrayaan-2 launched on July 22, 2019, from Sriharikota by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III. The spacecraft consisted of an orbiter, a lander, and a rover.