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India not only surprised the world by landing its Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon, but also became the first country to make a soft landing on the South Pole. After this, many beautiful pictures of the moon were also shown. On the lines of our Chandrayaan, this time Japan also made a soft landing on the moon. But as soon as the Japanese Chandrayaan landed, it lost contact with the Earth and it was believed that it was lifeless. But then a miracle happened and more than a week after landing on the moon, its SLIM spacecraft started working, that is, Japan’s lifeless Chandrayaan has come back to life.
A spokesperson for Japan’s space agency JAXA told how their Chandrayaan came back to life. He said that due to the wrong direction of the solar panels, the spacecraft’s power was cut off, but now it has restored its power. Japan has established this contact nine days after its landing on the moon on January 20. He has also started working. Let us tell you that Japan’s moon mission is very important not only for it but for the whole world. He said that contact with the Moon Lander was re-established late Sunday night. The agency said that this shows that whatever problems there were in the Moon Lander have been rectified.
According to the information received, Japan’s Moon Lander successfully achieved pin point landing in a crater near the lunar equator, 55 meters away from its targeted landing site on the Moon. This is a technology that has great potential for future exploration of the lunar poles. It is believed that there are potential resources of oxygen, fuel and water here. However, just before landing, one of the lander’s two main engines shut down, leaving it a few dozen meters short of the target.
Space agency JAXA has matched the leading countries of the world by landing its Smart Lander (Slim) spacecraft on the Moon. With this, it became the fifth country after America, Russia, China and India to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon. However, the agency has not said anything about how long the Japanese Chandrayaan Slim will operate.
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Tag: Chandrayaan-3, Science, science news
first published : January 30, 2024, 01:02 IST
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