India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit
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India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world.

India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit | India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world.::India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world.

  • @[email protected]English
    3•6 months ago

    Imagine what they could do if they put those resources to improving the lives of the 80% of the country that lives in poverty…

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A little more than three months ago the Indian space agency, ISRO, achieved a major success by putting its Vikram lander safely down on the surface of the Moon.

    The primary task of the propulsion module was to deliver the Vikram 3 lander into a low-lunar orbit, 100 km above the surface of the Moon.

    By looking at Earth from a distance, this innovative science experiment seeks to set a benchmark for what to expect from the atmospheric signatures of exoplanets that may be capable of supporting life.

    India has not declared its future plans for the Moon beyond the Lunar Polar Exploration Mission, a joint operation with the Japanese space agency, JAXA.

    That mission is planned to carry a lunar lander and rover to the south pole of the Moon later this decade, but no earlier than 2026.

    Given the demise of the Soviet Union and Russia’s lack of successful missions beyond low-Earth orbit, India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space exploration program in the world.

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